Legal Opinion
Castro v. Beecher
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 26, 1972No. Nos. 71-1180, 71-1395, 71-1396PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This case epitomizes the classic, clumsy and yet unavoidable attempt to rectify, through the courts, long standing though not consciously intended discriminatory selection policies in public employment in a northern community. The fact that the discrimination was not intended has raised somewhat novel issues relating to the standards for judging pol*728icies of a public employer which have beep discriminatory in effect, the feasi- •. bility of identifying racial classes in the face of non-purposive policies which have had a broader than racial reach, the extent to which…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Louisiana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Reetz v. BozanichSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by192 opinions
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- East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- 12 Fair empl.prac.cas. 451, 11 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,741 John Senter, Cross-Appellee v. General Motors Corporation, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
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