The Four-Part Test That the Plaintiff in a Disparate Treatment

question 101

Multiple Choice

The four-part test that the plaintiff in a disparate treatment case must meet to provide a prima facie discrimination case was established by:

• A) the Supreme Court in the McDonnell-Douglas decision
• B) the President in the Title VII Amendment of 1992
• C) Congress in the McDonnell-Douglas decision
• D) Congress in the Title VII Amendment of 1992
• E) the Supreme Court in the Swierkiewicz v. Sorema decision

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