Legal Opinion
Bradford v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 25, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 71-752PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUMBAULD, District Judge.
The suave and subtle Southerners in Congress who put sex1 into the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2 (doubtless with the *435hope of defeating the bill, but the strategy backfired and a giant step towards “women’s lib” was perhaps unintentionally taken) were not affected by Chief Justice Burger’s subsequent proposal that when enacting new legislation Congress should consciously by means of an “impact statement” consider what new burdens in the way of case load will be imposed thereby on the federal judicial system.3
The impact of the “sexist” statute is not negligible,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Love v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Karen Frances ULANE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Kinney Shoe Corporation, a New York Corporation v. Bob W. Vorhes and John A. WagnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Winifred S. NANCE, Appellee, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION, a Corporation, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor v. Thomas J. Stewart, Doing Business as Stewart Trucking & PalletCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Jackson v. University of PittsburghDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
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