Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.

The overriding and cardinal purpose of this case is to ascertain the relation between federal and state authority based upon the fundaments of the commerce clause *269(U.S. Const. Art. 1, § 8, cl. 3) and the equal protection mandate to the states contained in the 14th Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Is there an area of accommodation between nation and state in which the state may act affirmatively to see that no one is denied employment by reason of his “race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry,” notwithstanding the employment will require travel over state lines?

The majority…