Legal Opinion
United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 4, 1983No. 81-1044PublishedCited by 2,556 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
Respondent Louis Aikens filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U. S. C. §2000e et seq., claiming that the United States Postal Service discriminated against him on account of his race. Aikens, who is black, claimed that the Postal Service had discriminatorily refused to promote him to higher positions in the Washington, D. C., Post Office where he had *713been employed since 1937. After a bench trial, the District Court entered judgment in favor of the Postal Service, but the Court of Appeals reversed. 206 U. S. App. D. C. 109, 642 F. 2d 514…
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