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Connecticut Vs. Teal

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 21, 1982

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  1. Mcdonnell Douglas Corp. Vs. Green US Supreme Court · May 14, 1973
  2. American Tobacco Co. Vs. Patterson US Supreme Court · Apr 05, 1982
  3. Albemarle Paper Co. Vs. Moody US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1975
  4. U.S. 440 (1982) U.S. Supreme Court Connecticut v. Teal
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  5. U.S. 440 (1982) Connecticut v. Teal
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  6. petitioners. App. to Pet. for Cert. 18a. The court treated respondents' claim as one of disparate impact under Griggs v. Duke
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  7. Power Co., 401 U. S. 424 (1971), Albemarle Paper Co. Page 457 U. S. 445 v. Moody
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  8. U. S. 405 (1975), and Dothard v. Rawlinson
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  9. a)(2). Respondents base their claim on our construction of this provision in Griggs v. Duke
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  10. encountered by women and blacks, as well as other minorities. 401 U.S. at 401 U. S. 431 . See also Dothard v. Rawlinson
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  11. to such equality. Id. at 401 U. S. 429 -430. See Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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  12. to be placed instead on the overall number of minority or female applicants actually hired or promoted. Thus, Dothard v. Rawlinson
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  13. as ineligible for employment. Id. at 433 U. S. 329 -330, and n. 12. Similarly, in Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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  14. employer could avoid this burden. See 422 U.S. at 422 U. S. 436 . See also New York Transit Authority v. Beazer
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  15. Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
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  16. U. S. 567 , 438 U. S. 580 (1978). See also Teamsters v. United
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  17. U. S. 455 members of the applicant's race are already proportionately represented in the workforce. See Griggs v. Duke
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  18. McDonald v. Santa
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  19. because he favorably treats other members of the employees' group. We recognized in Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power v. Manhart
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  20. Id. at 435 U. S. 708 . Similarly, in Phillips v. Martin
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  21. Teamsters v. United
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  22. Griggs v. Duke
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  23. Although this language suggests that discrimination occurs only on an individual basis, in Griggs v. Duke
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  24. cases are concerned with the protected group. This key distinction was explained in Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
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  25. under Title VII that claims of employment discrimination because of race may arise in two different ways. Teamsters v. United
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  26. opportunity to show that there was no disparate impact. As the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit noted in EEOC v. Greyhound
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  27. impact cases do not even support the propositions for which they are cited. For example, the Court cites Dothard v. Rawlinson
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  28. The Court concedes that the other major cases on which it relies, Furnco, Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power v. Manhart
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  29. U. S. 702 (1978), and Phillips v. Martin
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  30. of minority members to be considered for or to qualify for jobs and promotions. See Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine
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  31. s decision actually may result in employers' employing fewer minority members. As Judge Newman noted in Brown v. New
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  32. Teamsters v. United
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  33. See Dothard v. Rawlinson
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  34. of establishing a prima facie case that Title VII has been infringed. See Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine
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  35. selection process results in the rejection of a disproportionate number of members of a protected group. See Teamsters v. United
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  36. of Title VII on a disparate impact basis when there is no disparate impact at the bottom line. See, e.g., EEOC v. Greyhound
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  37. EEOC v. Navajo
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  38. Friend v. Leidinger
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  39. Rule v. International
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  40. Smith v. Troyan
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  41. Williams v. City
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  42. Brown v. New
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  43. Lee v. City
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  44. The Court cites language from two other disparate impact cases. The Court notes that, in Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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  45. was neither presented in the facts of the case nor addressed by the Court. Similarly, New York Transit Authority v. Beazer
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  46. the probative value of statistical evidence varies with sample size in disparate impact cases. See, e.g., Teamsters v. United
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  47. Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational
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  48. U.S. Supreme Court Connecticut v. Teal
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  49. and Dothard v. Rawlinson
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  50. See Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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