Legal Opinion
Atonio v. Wards Cove Packing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1987No. Nos. 83-4263, 84-3527PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
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Former salmon cannery workers sued their employers for discrimination on the basis of race, advancing both disparate treatment and disparate impact claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The district court declined to apply disparate impact analysis to certain subjective employment practices and this panel affirmed that decision. Atonio v. Wards Cove Packing Co., 768 F.2d 1120, 1132 & n. 6 (9th Cir.1985), withdrawn, 787 F.2d 462 (9th Cir.1985). An en banc panel decided that…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Atonio v. Wards Cove Packing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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