Giles v. Family Court of the State of Delaware

DUFFY, Justice:

The issue in this case is whether petitioner was denied permanent employment with the Family Court because of racial discrimination.

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Ernestine Giles (petitioner) initiated this proceeding before the Delaware Equal Employment Review Board (Board) 1 which determined, after hearing, that discrimination had occurred in violation of 19 Del.C. § 711 et seq., and ordered that petitioner be offered the “first available permanent position as typist in [the Family Court’s] Georgetown, Delaware, office . . . On appeal by the Family Court, the Superi- or Court concluded that petitioner had…