Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine
E166647
Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine is a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the burden-shifting framework in Title VII employment discrimination claims, particularly the employer’s burden of production versus the plaintiff’s burden of persuasion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine | 1 |
| Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1461664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine Context triple: [McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, influenced, Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine]
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Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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B.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that education is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, upholding school funding systems based on local property taxes.
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C.
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Boerne v. Flores is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that curtailed Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment and held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could not be applied to the states.
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D.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
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E.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine Target entity description: Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine is a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the burden-shifting framework in Title VII employment discrimination claims, particularly the employer’s burden of production versus the plaintiff’s burden of persuasion.
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A.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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B.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that education is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, upholding school funding systems based on local property taxes.
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C.
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Boerne v. Flores is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that curtailed Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment and held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could not be applied to the states.
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D.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
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E.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Title VII case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ employment discrimination case ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Title VII disparate treatment claims
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individual employment discrimination suits ⓘ |
| burdenFramework | prima facie case by plaintiff, production of legitimate reason by employer, proof of pretext by plaintiff ⓘ |
| citation |
101 S. Ct. 1089
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450 U.S. 248 ⓘ 67 L. Ed. 2d 207 ⓘ |
| citedIn |
Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
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St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks ⓘ |
| clarifies | McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green burden-shifting framework ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1981-03-04 ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority opinion ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 79-1828 ⓘ |
| employerBurden |
burden to produce evidence of a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the challenged action
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no burden of persuasion on the employer under Title VII in the McDonnell Douglas framework ⓘ |
| fullName |
Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine
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| holding |
An employer must articulate a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the employment decision once a prima facie case is established.
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The articulated reason must be clear and reasonably specific. ⓘ The employer’s burden in rebutting a prima facie case of discrimination is one of production, not persuasion. ⓘ The plaintiff retains the ultimate burden of persuasion on the issue of intentional discrimination. ⓘ |
| influenced | later Supreme Court Title VII jurisprudence ⓘ |
| issue |
allocation of burdens of proof in Title VII disparate treatment cases
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scope of employer’s burden in the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil rights law
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employment discrimination law ⓘ labor and employment law ⓘ |
| legalConcept |
legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason
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pretext for discrimination ⓘ prima facie case of discrimination ⓘ |
| petitioner | Texas Department of Community Affairs ⓘ |
| plaintiffBurden | ultimate burden of proving intentional discrimination remains with the plaintiff at all times ⓘ |
| precedentFor | burden-shifting analysis in Title VII disparate treatment claims ⓘ |
| respondent | Burdine ⓘ |
| standardOfProof | preponderance of the evidence for the plaintiff’s ultimate burden ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| topic |
allocation of burdens in civil rights litigation
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evidentiary standards in employment discrimination cases ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine Description of subject: Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine is a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the burden-shifting framework in Title VII employment discrimination claims, particularly the employer’s burden of production versus the plaintiff’s burden of persuasion.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine
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Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine
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this entity surface form:
Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine