The following excerpt is from Sanders v. Hughes Aircraft Co., 842 F.2d 1294 (9th Cir. 1988):
Id. at 802. Alternatively, a plaintiff may establish a prima facie case of disparate treatment by "offering evidence adequate to create an inference that an employment decision was based on a discriminatory criterion illegal under [Title VII]." Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324, 358 (1977).
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