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BOARD OF TRUSTEES v. SWEENEY

No. 77-1792.

439 U.S. 24 (1978)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF KEENE STATE COLLEGE ET AL. v. SWEENEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1978.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. In Furnco Construction Co. v. Waters, 438 U.S. 567 (1978), we stated that "[t]o dispel the adverse inference from a prima facie showing under McDonnell Douglas, the employer need only `articulate some legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the employee's rejection.'" Id., at 578, quoting McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green,

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