Legal Opinion
Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Fair Employment & Housing Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 1990No. G007029PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STANIFORTH, J. *
The California Fair Employment and Housing Commission (Commission) appeals the trial court’s order granting a writ of mandate, vacating the decision of the Commission which struck down the fetal protection program introduced and implemented by respondent, Johnson Controls, Inc. (the Company), at its Globe automotive battery plant located in Fullerton, California.
The real party in interest here, Queen Elizabeth Foster (Foster), applied for one of the jobs subject to female exclusion. She was denied employment because she declined to produce medical evidence of…
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