Garland's Digest

on employment discrimination law

Chapter 10 - Trial Practice

Overview

10.100 Overview
10.200 Trial management
10.300 Evidence
10.400 Evidentiary issues by case type
10.500 Motion for judgment as a matter of law
10.600 Jury instructions
10.700 Jury instructions by statute

 

Detail

10.100 Overview

             10.110 Statutory right to expedited trial

             10.120 No right to jury trial on disparate impact claims

10.200 Trial management

             10.210 Standard of review

             10.220 Jury selection

             10.230 Jury argument

             10.240 Sanctions

10.300 Evidence

             10.310 General issues

                          10.311 Time-barred evidence / background evidence

                          10.312 EEOC documents / EEOC findings

                                       10.312.10 Standard of review

                                       10.312.20 Admissibility of findings of company EEO
                                                          officer

                          10.313 Statements by decisionmakers and non-
                                        decisionmakers

                          10.314 Statement of agent of party-opponent

                          10.315 General statements by senior executives

                          10.316 Company documents

                                       10.316.10 Missing personnel evaluations

                          10.317 Treatment of comparable employees before and after
                                        the lawsuit is filed

                          10.318 Lay opinion

                                       10.318.10 Lay opinion on ultimate issue

                                       10.318.20 Lay opinion as to whether plaintiff was
                                                          depressed

                          10.319 Sexual history of plaintiff

                                       10.319.10 Rule 412

                                       10.319.20 Cases applying Rule 412

             10.320 Expert evidence

                          10.321 Standard for admissibility

                                      10.321.10 Standard for consideration on summary
                                                          judgment

                                      10.321.20 Standard for appellate review

                          10.322 Expert testimony as to credibility

                          10.323 Conclusory testimony

                          10.324 Treating physician whose opinion contradicts his own
                                        records

                          10.325 Vocational expert

             10.330 Statistical evidence

                                      10.331 General principles

                                                   10.331.10 Expert not required

                                                   10.331.20 Do flaws go to admissibility or
                                                                      weight?                       

                                    10.332 Sample size

                                    10.333 Regression analysis

             10.340 Federal record retention requirements

10.400 Evidentiary issues by case type

             10.410 ADEA

             10.420 ADA

             10.430 Equal Pay Act

             10.440 FMLA

             10.450 Reconstruction Statutes

                          10.451 42 U.S.C. § 1981

                          10.452 42 U.S.C. § 1983

                          10.453 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3)

             10.460 Rehabilitation Act

             10.470 Title VII

                          10.471 National Origin

                          10.472 Pregnancy

                          10.473 Race

                          10.474 Religion

                          10.475 Sex

                          10.480 Harassment claims

                          10.490 Retaliation claims

10.500 Motion for judgment as a matter of law

             10.510 Party bearing burden of proof

             10.520 At what point should the court no longer revisit whether a
                          prima facie case has been established?

                          10.521 Even though a court may not revisit the prima facie
                                       case, it may still determine that essential elements of
                                       the claim do not exist

10.600 Jury instructions

             10.610 In general

                          10.611 Whether jury must be instructed that it must find
                                        "intentional" discrimination?

                          10.612 How to craft jury instructions

             10.620 Standard of review

                          10.621 Proper objections

             10.630 Mixed-motive instruction

                          10.631 Decision to request instruction

                          10.632 Content of instruction

             10.640 Instruction on McDonnell Douglas framework

                          10.641 Instruction on pretext

                                       10.641.10 Substantial factor vs. motivating factor

                                       10.641.20 "Honest belief" jury instruction

             10.650 General instructions

                          10.651 Business judgment instruction

                          10.652 Cat's paw instruction

                          10.653 Same actor instruction

             10.660 Jury instructions against municipality

                          10.661 42 U.S.C. § 1981

             10.670 Jury instructions on damages

10.700 Jury instructions by statute

             10.710 ADEA

                          10.711 Hazen Paper

             10.720 ADA

             10.730 Equal Pay Act

             10.740 FMLA

             10.750 Reconstruction Statutes

                          10.751 42 U.S.C. § 1981

                          10.752 42 U.S.C. § 1983

                          10.753 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (3)

             10.760 Rehabilitation Act

             10.770 Title VII

                          10.771 National Origin

                          10.772 Pregnancy

                          10.773 Race

                          10.774 Religion

                          10.775 Sex

             10.780 Harassment claims

             10.790 Retaliation claims