Legal Opinion
Pat L. Grant v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1990No. 89-3478PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a challenge to the propriety of an employer’s “fetal protection policy” that excludes all fertile female employees from foundry jobs involving exposure to specified concentrations of airborne lead. The district court upheld the defendants’ fetal protection policy as a necessary safety measure justifying exclusion of all fertile women from certain jobs, and consequently granted summary judgment for the defendants on the plaintiff’s claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Equal Pay Act, 29…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & TrustSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- General Electric Co. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement v. Johnson Controls, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- Kim Ensley-Gaines v. Marvin Runyon, PostmasterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
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