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Firefighters Vs. Stotts

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 12, 1984

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  1. Powell Vs. Mccormack US Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1969
  2. Bond Vs. Floyd US Supreme Court · Dec 05, 1966
  3. Super Tire Engineering Co. Vs. Mccorkle US Supreme Court · Apr 16, 1974
  4. Gray Vs. Sanders US Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1963
  5. Steelworkers Vs. Weber US Supreme Court · Jun 27, 1979
  6. County of Los Angeles Vs. Davis US Supreme Court · Mar 27, 1979
  7. Ford Motor Co. Vs. Eeoc US Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1982
  8. University of Texas Vs. Camenisch US Supreme Court · Apr 29, 1981
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  9. American Tobacco Co. Vs. Patterson US Supreme Court · Apr 05, 1982
  10. U.S. 561 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Firefighters v. Stotts
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  11. U.S. 561 (1984) Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts
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  12. the consent decree was permissible as a valid Title VII remedial order ignores not only the ruling in Teamsters v. United
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  13. unconvinced Page 467 U. S. 570 -- and it is the respondents' burden to convince us, County of Los Angeles v. Davis
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  14. interest in the outcome of the litigation, the case is not moot notwithstanding the size of the dispute. Powell v. McCormack
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  15. in force. These are matters of substance, it seems to us, and enough so to foreclose any claim of mootness. Cf. Franks v. Bowman
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  16. United States v. Armour
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  17. however, permits the routine application of a seniority system absent proof of an intention to discriminate. Teamsters v. United
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  18. awarded competitive seniority and given their rightful place on the seniority roster. This much is clear from Franks v. Bowman
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  19. Transportation Co., 424 U. S. 747 (1976), and Teamsters v. United
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  20. determining who is entitled to the job. Teamsters, supra, at 431 U. S. 371 -376. See also Ford Motor Co. v. EEOC
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  21. Together with No. 82-229, Memphis Fire Department et al. v. Stotts
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  22. Franks v. Bowman
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  23. system as it is by a state statute that provides economic benefits to striking employees. Super Tire Engineering Co. v. McCorkle
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  24. The present case is distinguishable from University of Texas v. Camenisch
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  25. the memorandum of understanding between the Union and the City is unenforceable under state law, citing Fulenwider v. Firefighters
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  26. not from the parties' consent to the decree. Railway Employees v. Wright
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  27. that relief for actual victims does not extend to bumping employees previously occupying jobs. See, e.g., Patterson v. American
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  28. United Papermakers and Paperworkers v. United
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  29. VII. We have previously recognized the authoritative nature of their interpretative memorandum. American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson
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  30. Teamsters v. United
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  31. those sections, relief is authorized only when there is proof or admission of intentional discrimination. Washington v. Davis
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  32. General Building Contractors Assn. v. Pennsylvania
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  33. The Court of Appeals also suggested that, under United States v. Swift
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  34. Court's usual practice of vacating the decision below and remanding with instructions to dismiss. See United States v. Munsingwear
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  35. Ford Motor Co. v. EEOC
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  36. the case is not moot. Page 467 U. S. 586 See, e.g., Franks v. Bowman
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  37. on appeal, Pasadena City Bd. of Education v. Spangler
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  38. bona fide seniority systems, including those with discriminatory effects on minorities. See American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson
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  39. provide retroactive relief that abrogates legitimate expectations of other employees and applicants. See Steelworkers v. Weber
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  40. Pasadena City Bd. of Education v. Spangler
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  41. U. S. 588 future violations and to compensate identified victims of unlawful discrimination. See Teamsters v. United
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  42. Millken v. Bradley
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  43. University of California Regents v. Bakke
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  44. balancing the competing interests of discriminatees, innocent employees, and the employer. See Ford Motor Co. v. EEOC
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  45. precedent to employers' acceptance of, and unions' consent to, employment discrimination settlements. See Steelworkers v. Weber
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  46. consent decree negotiations in 1980, and thereby furthering the statutory policy of voluntary settlement. See Carson v. American
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  47. Court effectively applies the criteria traditionally applicable to the review of preliminary injunctions. See Doran v. Salem
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  48. This case is distinguishable from University of Texas v. Camenisch
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  49. W. R. Grace & Co. v. Rubber
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  50. does not, of course, countenance unlawful discrimination against existing employees or applicants. See McDonald v. Santa
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