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WRIGHT v. SOUTHLAND CORP.

No. 97-3458.

187 F.3d 1287 (1999)

James D. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the State of Florida, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Swanson, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John M. Finnigan, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, COX and HULL, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a question that has baffled courts and commentators for some time: What constitutes "direct evidence" of employment discrimination? After carefully examining our cases on the question, as well as the legal framework into which those cases fit, we conclude that direct evidence of employment discrimination is evidence from which a trier of fact could conclude, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that an adverse employment...

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