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Samantha L. Coleman v. Schneider Electric USA, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 18-1265 · judgment January 9, 2019


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Has the McDonnell Douglas framework for determining workplace discrimination been fatally undermined and petitioner’s right to a jury trial denied when both courts below decide every triable fact issue underlying petitioner’s Title VII race, gender and retaliation claims, refusing to give her proof the probative force it deserves on summary judgment?

  2. Should the Court revisit the standards for disposing of summary judgment motions in employee discrimination cases in order to prevent lower courts from weighing the evidence in piecemeal fashion instead of in its totality, making credibility determinations, finding facts and imposing on Title VII plaintiffs a more onerous burden of proof than the McDonnell Douglas framework demands?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dennis P. Derrick

For respondent
Charles Frederick Williams Manning II
1320 Main Street

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 12 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Jun 04 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Schneider Electric USA, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. May 10 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 13, 2019)