I. INTRODUCTION In 1989 the United States greatest Court decided Price Waterhouse v Hopkins,(1) a mixed-motive service discrimination case(2) establishing the requirement that a plaintiff must bring forward direct evidence of discrimination before the load of proof will shift to the defendant in Title VII claims.(3) Prior to its decision in Price Waterhouse, the Court had single recognized the traditional McDonnell Douglas/Burdine(4) disparate treatment framework for proving international discrimination.(5) Ambiguity in the Price Waterhouse opinion as to the correct ...
