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The Character of Discrimination Law: The Incompatibility of Rule 404 and Employment Discrimination Suits

114 Yale L.J. 1063 (2005)

Disregarding the dictates of Federal Rule of Evidence 404, plaintiffs in discrimination suits routinely prevail on the basis of propensity proofs. Yet neither the parties nor the courts are to blame for these rampant violations. It is, instead, the dearth of evidence availab…