( October 7, 2024, 1:32 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ) seeking a determination whether McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green and its progeny provide the correct legal test for proving employment discrimination based on circumstantial evidence or whether “the less-rigorous ‘convincing mosaic’ theory” may be used was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 7....