Matras v. Amoco Oil Co.

Decided April 18, 1986. Dorothy Comstock Riley wrote the opinion for the court.

385 N.W.2d 586 · Cited 212 times

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• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792
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• Sparks v. Luplow · 125 N.W.2d 304
• Pompey v. General Motors Corp. · 189 N.W.2d 243
• Gill v. Union Carbide Corporation · 368 F. Supp. 364
• Hansen-Snyder Co. v. General Motors Corp. · 124 N.W.2d 286
• Ballog v. Knight Newspapers, Inc. · 164 N.W.2d 19
• Kupkowski v. Avis Ford, Inc · 235 N.W.2d 324
• Kalamazoo City Education Ass'n v. Kalamazoo Public Schools · 281 N.W.2d 454
• Holmes v. Haughton Elevator Co. · 272 N.W.2d 550
• Schroeder v. Dayton-Hudson Corp. · 448 F. Supp. 910
• Department of Civil Rights Ex Rel. Cornell v. Edward W Sparrow Hospital Ass'n · 377 N.W.2d 755
• Schroeder v. Dayton-Hudson Corp. · 456 F. Supp. 650

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