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TEXAS DEPT. OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS v. BURDINE

No. 79-1764.

450 U.S. 248 (1981)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS v. BURDINE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Wilson, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause pro hac vice for petitioner. With him on the brief were Mark White, Attorney General, John W. Fainter, Jr., First Assistant Attorney General, Lonny F. Zwiener, Assistant Attorney General, and Paul R. Gavia.

Hubert L. Gill argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to address again the nature of the evidentiary burden placed upon the defendant in an employment discrimination suit brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e et seq. The narrow question presented is whether, after the plaintiff has proved a prima facie case of discriminatory treatment, the burden shifts...

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