Verified bounded evidence recordMcDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
Established a burden-shifting framework for certain Title VII disparate-treatment cases based on circumstantial evidence.
- Evidence ID
evidence:v724:92fc7f18b658dfa4d988- Verification
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- Support direction
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- Publisher
- Cornell Legal Information Institute; opinion authored by the U.S. Supreme Court
- Jurisdiction
- United States
Exact source
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
Scope and limitations
The framework is not the only proof method and must not be treated as a finding of discrimination in any occupation or employer.
Verification is bounded to the recorded proposition. It does not independently verify the complete issue or establish every relationship that might be plausible.
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- Model/method version
- Preserved governed method; rendered through the v7.44 reader-first template
- As-of/currentness date
- Page projection 2026-08-30; source dates remain record-specific
- Source uses
- Record-specific source uses remain in the underlying governed artifact
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- Limitations
- Route presence and computational output are not evidence; missingness remains explicit.
- Counterevidence state
- Not inferred; unknown or not evaluated remains explicit
- Review/governance history
- Deterministic release lineage; no human truth adjudication added