In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.

the district court's ruling are considered abandoned on appeal and not reviewable by this Court). Pending for review is the district court's disposition of Hopson's disparate treatment claims regarding the above five employment actions, brought pursuant to Title VII and Michigan's EUiott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. A. Direct Evidence of Discrimination Under both Title VII and Michigan law, a plaintiff may set forth a prima facie case of employment discrimination by presenting direct evidence of the defendant's discriminatory intent. Nguyen v. City of Cleveland, 229 F.3d 559, 563 (6th Cir.2000) (citing Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228, 109 S.Ct. 1775, 104 L.Ed.2d 268 (1989) (plurality opinion)); Harrison v. Olde Fin. Corp., 225 Mich.App. 601, 572 N.W.2d 679, 683 (Mich.Ct.App.1997) (<HOLDING>). "[DJirect evidence is that evidence which, if
Holding statements: (A) holding that title vii of the civil rights act of 1964 provides the exclusive remedy for claims of employment discrimination by federal agencies (B) holding that when the plaintiff presents direct evidence of discrimination federal law provides appropriate guidance for analyzing claims brought under the michigan civil rights act (C) holding that when the plaintiff presents direct evidence of discrimination price waterhouse applies rather than mcdonnell douglas (D) holding that title vii provides the exclusive judicial remedy for claims of discrimination in federal employment (E) holding the court may look to state law for guidance where federal law is not fully developed
(B)