Reynolds v. Alabama Department of Transportation

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

The narrow but important question confronting the court is whether, in light of two recent United States Supreme Court decisions, Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 116 S.Ct. 1114, 134 L.Ed.2d 252 (1996), and City of Boerne v. Flores, — U.S. -, 117 S.Ct. 2157, 138 L.Ed.2d 624 (1997), the United States Congress exceeded its authority in providing for the imposition of ‘disparate-impact’ liability on the States and their officials under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981a, 2000e through 2000e-17. It…