Opinion ID: 767290
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Heading: Evidence of Prior Promotions

Text: 35 CBOE contends that the district court erred when it allowed Hasham to testify about prior promotions that Zigelman was not involved in. Hasham testified that despite receiving the second highest score on the supervisor promotional exam in 1990 and the highest score in the Chicago, New York and Houston offices on the 1992 exam, a Supervisor I position was filled without announcement in 1991 and Hasham was passed over for a vacancy in Chicago in 1992 in favor of a less qualified American-born Caucasian. Although Zigelman was not involved in the 1991 and 1992 promotion decisions, Henline was the approving official for these and the instant promotion. Consequently, Henline's prior promotional decisions were relevant as circumstantial evidence of discriminatory conduct by Defendant in the instant promotion. Accordingly, we are of the opinion that the district court's decision to admit this evidence did not rise to the level of an abuse of discretion. 17