Legal Opinion
Silver v. Mohasco Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 18, 1979No. 1112, Docket 78-7595PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
In this case, in which we are called upon to interpret Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., Learned Hand’s admonition is particularly appropriate:
There is no surer guide in the interpretation of a statute than its purpose when that is sufficiently disclosed; nor any surer mark of over solicitude for the letter than to wince at carrying out that purpose because the words used do not formally quite match with it.1
We believe that the district court failed to attach sufficient weight to the overriding purpose of the Act.
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Title VII is…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Love v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Oscar Mayer & Co. v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Occidental Life Insurance v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 211, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9931 Sandra Wetzel and Mari Ross, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Equal Opportunity Commission as Amicus Curiae v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers v. Robbins & Myers, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Geneva Butts v. The City of New York Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Wanamaker v. Columbian Rope Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Gomes v. Avco Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Arthur N. ARONSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CROWN ZELLERBACH, a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Charlton v. Paramus Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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