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  • Supreme Court Allows Circumstantial Sex Bias Cases

    06/09/2003 12:38:48 PM PDT · by presidio9 · 44 replies · 369+ views
    Reuters | Mon, Jun 09, 2003 | James Vicini
    A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) made it easier on Monday for workers to sue their employers for sex discrimination, ruling such cases can be proven with circumstantial evidence. The high court rejected the argument supported by the U.S. Justice Department (news - web sites) that workers must produce only "direct evidence" of discrimination under a federal anti-discrimination law. In the court's 11-page ruling, Justice Clarence Thomas (news - web sites) rejected such a heightened standard. Under the law, a plaintiff need only present sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude, by a preponderance of the...