Whether the District Court's and the Eighth Circuit's focus on the isolated components of the McDonnell Douglas framework eviscerated the required summary judgment analysis of Petitioners' race discrimination claims in contravention of this Court's established precedent

1. Whether the District Court’s and the Eighth Circuit’s focus on the isolated components of the McDonnell Douglas framework eviscerated the required summary judgment analysis of Petitioners’ race discrimination claims in contravention of this Court’s established precedent. 2. Whether the Eighth Circuit’s decision creates a new procedural impasse forcing litigants to pursue claims in direct contravention of the established precedent of a circuit violating the doctrine of stare decisis.