Legal Opinion

Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 6, 1977No. 75-536PublishedCited by 231 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist

Petitioner requires pregnant employees to take a formal leave of absence. The employee does not receive sick pay while on pregnancy leave. She also loses all accumulated job seniority; as a result, while petitioner attempts to provide the employee with temporary work upon her return, she will be employed in a permanent job position only if no employee presently working for petitioner also applies for the position. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee held that these policies violate Title YII of the Civil *138Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U. S.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. General Electric Co. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by231 opinions

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  2. City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. ManhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. GuerraSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Kimberly Hern Troupe v. The May Department Stores Company, Doing Business as Lord & TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  5. Ansonia Board of Education v. PhilbrookSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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