Legal Opinion
General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 1982No. 81-574PublishedCited by 4,048 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The question presented is whether respondent Falcon, who complained that petitioner did not promote him because he is a Mexican-American, was properly permitted to maintain a class action on behalf of Mexican-American applicants for employment whom petitioner did not hire.
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In 1969 petitioner initiated a special recruitment and training program for minorities. Through that program, respondent Falcon was hired in July 1969 as a groundman, and within a year he was twice promoted, first to lineman and then to lineman-in-charge. He subsequently refused a promotion to installer-repairman. In…
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