Proving job discrimination
Bassett v. Gray Media Group
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Barbie Bassett’s petition against Gray Media Group asks whether the McDonnell Douglas test, which shifts what each side must prove, is the only way to get past a request for a decision without trial in a Title VII job-discrimination case.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Bassett’s request for Supreme Court review but leaves the legal question undecided in this case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The dispute concerns how a worker may prove a Title VII job-discrimination claim at summary judgment.
Question presented
Whether use of the McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973), burden-shifting methodology is the only way a plaintiff can survive a motion for summary judgment in a Title VII employment discrimination case.
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