Legal Opinion
Rivers v. Roadway Express, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 1994No. 92-938PublishedCited by 779 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
Section 101 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102-166, 105 Stat. 1071, defines the term “make and enforce contracts” as used in § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Rev. Stat. § 1977, 42 U. S. C. § 1981, to include “the making, performance, modification, and termination of contracts, and the enjoyment of all benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship.” We granted certiorari to decide whether § 101 applies to a case that arose before it was enacted. We hold that it does not.
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Petitioners Rivers and Davison were employed by respondent Roadway Express,…
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