What is the test for a federal judge in a discrimination case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Norton v. Sam's Club, 145 F.3d 114, 1998 WL 272630 (2nd Cir. 1998):

Moreover, it is primarily the province of the jury to determine what inferences can be drawn from circumstantial evidence. So long as the evidence can reasonably support an inference of discrimination, the court should not upset the jury's decision. Cf. Gallagher v. Delaney, 139 F.3d 338 (2d Cir.1998) ("Whatever the early life of a federal judge, she or he usually lives in a narrow segment of the enormously broad American socio-economic spectrum, generally lacking the current real-life experience required in interpreting subtle ... dynamics of the workplace....").

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