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Garland's Digest
on employment discrimination law
online since 1997
 

 

Disclaimer: The case on which this summary is based may no longer be current law. Also, if the case was decided on summary judgment, the court recited the "facts" in the light most favorable to the non-movant, which may not be the true facts.

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College that hired son of professor for professor's former position did not discriminate on basis of race.

Amini v. Oberlin College, 440 F.3d 350 (6th Cir. March 10, 2006) - This is a 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 action alleging failure to hire based on race. Saeid B. Amini, an Iranian-born Muslim, applied for a position of Assistant Professor of Mathematics with the College. The College hired a white male who had attended Oberlin College and whose father had previously held the same position. The district court granted summary judgment on behalf of the College. The Sixth Circuit affirms because the plaintiff could not show that the College's proffered reasons for not selecting him were pretextual. Even if the candidate selected received preferential treatment, hiring decisions based on personal or family connections to the College are not illegal. Click here to see actual case.