Legal Opinion
Schattman v. Texas Employment Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1972No. 71-1872PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is a case in which a former employee of the Texas State Employment Commission attacked the employer’s longstanding policy of terminating employment of pregnant female employees two months prior to expected delivery ^date.. It was alleged that the policy violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The District V Court so held, 330 F.Supp. 328 (W.D., Texas, 1971). We reverse.
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Since 1956 the Employment Commission has maintained the following policy with reference to female employees from and after the seventh…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Celia SANCHEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD BRANDS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by18 opinions
- 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1092, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,203 Mary Vick, Cross-Appellee v. Texas Employment Commission, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Barbara S. Clanton v. Orleans Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Priscilla B. GREEN, Appellant, v. WATERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Williams v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- Gilbert v. General Electric CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1974
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