Legal Opinion
California Brewers Assn. v. Bryant
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 14, 1980No. 78-1548PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19641 makes unlawful, practices, procedures, or tests that “operate to 'freeze’ the status quo of prior discriminatory employment practices.” Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U. S. 424, 430. To this rule, § 703 (h) of the Act, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e-2 (h), provides an exception:
“[I]t shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation, or different terms, conditions, or privileges of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority . . . system, . . . provided that such differences are not the result of an…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United Air Lines, Inc. v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ford Motor Co. v. HuffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by109 opinions
- American Tobacco Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Fullilove v. KlutznickSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers, District 17Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Lorance v. At&t Technologies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Walker v. United Parcel Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
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