Legal Opinion
Chandler v. Roudebush
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1976No. 74-1599PublishedCited by 555 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
In 1972 Congress extended the protection of Title VII of the Civil Nights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e et seq. (1970 ed. and Supp. IV), to employees of the Federal Government. A principal goal of the amending legislation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-261, 86 Stat. 103, was to eradicate “ 'entrenched discrimination in the Federal service/ ” Morton v. Mancari, 417 U. S. 535, 547, by strengthening internal safeguards and by according “[a]ggrieved [federal] employees or applicants . . . the full rights available in the courts as are…
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