Joe Pyatt v. AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
EmploymentDiscrimina
Whether the district court, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, can overrule the precedent of this court set in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 (1973)
QUESTION PRESENTED The ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals departs so far from the accepted ; and normal usual course of judicial proceedings that it now requires the supervisory power of this court to correct. This court has established a burden shifting framework to guide the lowers courts of how a litigant can prevail in a discrimination case based on disparate treatment. This court established this precedent in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 (1973) which has been followed by the majority of all federal district and circuit courts. The Petitioner established a prima . facie case for discrimination under the McDonnell Douglas framework supported by evidence and was denied the right to a trial. The question presented is | ; 1. Whether the district court, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, | : can overrule the precedent of this court set in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 (1973). . 1