Legal Opinion
Butts v. Nichols
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided September 4, 1974No. Civ. 72-77-2PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Chief District Judge.
This class action challenges Section 365.17(5) of the Code of Iowa (1971), as amended July 1, 1973, which prohibits the employment of convicted felons in civil service positions in Iowa. The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that Section 365.17(5) as applied in Iowa is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title 42, U.S. C., Section 2000e et seq.) and 28 C.F.R., Part 42, and is in violation of the plaintiffs’ rights to Equal Protection and Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The plaintiffs seek…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Graham v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Buck Green v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Hunter v. Port Authority of Allegheny CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Nixon v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- League of United Latin American Citizens v. City of Santa AnaDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1976
- Smith v. FussenichDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1977
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