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Washington Vs. Davis

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 07, 1976

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  15. U.S. 229 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Washington v. Davis
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  16. U.S. 229 (1976) Washington v. Davis
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  17. in favor of respondents, having applied to the constitutional issue the statutory standards enunciated in Griggs v. Duke
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  18. of the Fifth Amendment. The Court of Appeals, addressing that issue, announced that it would be guided by Griggs v. Duke
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  19. component prohibiting the United States from invidiously discriminating between individuals or groups. Bolling v. Sharpe
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  20. is unconstitutional solely because it has a racially disproportionate impact. Almost 100 years ago, Strauder v. West
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  21. Alexander v. Louisiana
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  22. U. S. 625 , 405 U. S. 628 -629 (1972). See also Carter v. Jury
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  23. U. S. 463 , 332 U. S. 468 -469 (1947). The rule is the same in other contexts. Wright v. Rockefeller
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  24. Keyes v. School
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  25. U. S. 535 , 406 U. S. 548 (1972). And compare Hunter v. Erickson
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  26. U. S. 385 (1969), with James v. Valtierra
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  27. otherwise neutral on its face, must not be applied so as invidiously to discriminate on the basis of race. Yick Wo v. Hopkins
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  28. supra at 325 U. S. 404 . Smith v. Texas
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  29. jury combined with the failure of the jury commissioners to be informed of eligible Negro jurors in a community, Hill v. Texas
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  30. U. S. 400 , 316 U. S. 404 (1942), or with racially nonneutral selection procedures, Alexander v. Louisiana
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  31. Alexander, supra at 405 U. S. 632 . See also Turner v. Fouche
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  32. racial discrimination forbidden by the Constitution. Standing alone, it does not trigger the rule, McLaughlin v. Florida
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  33. only by the weightiest of considerations. There are some indications to the contrary in our cases. In Palmer v. Thompson
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  34. less invalidate, a statute or ordinance having neutral purposes but disproportionate racial consequences. Wright v. Council
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  35. Ibid. Citing Palmer v. Thompson
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  36. That neither Palmer nor Wright was understood to have changed the prevailing rule is apparent from Keyes v. School
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  37. discrimination resulting in a partially or wholly segregated school system. Nor did other later cases, Alexander v. Louisiana
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  38. supra, and Jefferson v. Hackney
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  39. Both before and after Palmer v. Thompson
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  40. Nor is the Page 426 U. S. 251 conclusion foreclosed by either Griggs or Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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  41. by Fed.Rule Civ.Proc. 54(b). The promotion issue was subsequently decided adversely to the original plaintiffs. Davis v. Washington
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  42. Griggs and Title VII standards in resolving this case, petitioners presented issues going only to whether Griggs v. Duke
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  47. very shortly after Palmer, all Members of the Court majority in that case joined the Court's opinion in Lemon v. Kurtzman
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