No. 23A356
Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc.
Tags: burden-shifting circuit-split employment-discrimination McDonnell-Douglas ministerial-exception prima-facie-case
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Question Presented (from Petition)
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fourth Circuit improperly conflates the prima facie stage of the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework with the employer's legitimate, non-discriminatory reason stage by imposing an evidentiary threshold that effectively requires plaintiffs to disprove the employer's proffered reason at the initial stage, thereby creating a circuit split and departing from this Court's precedent
Docket Entries
2023-10-20
Application (23A356) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 17, 2023. See Rule 13.5.
2023-10-17
Application (23A356) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 26, 2023 to December 1, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Liberty University, Inc.
King Fitchett Tower — Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC, Respondent
The Estate of Eva Palmer
Richard Franklin Hawkins III — The Hawkins Law Firm, PC, Petitioner