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Ricci Vs. Destefano

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 29, 2009

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  1. Escambia County Vs. Mcmillan US Supreme Court · Mar 27, 1984
  2. Albemarle Paper Co. Vs. Moody US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1975
  3. Grutter Vs. Bollinger US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 2003
  4. Connecticut Vs. Teal US Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1982
  5. Bolling Vs. Sharpe US Supreme Court · May 17, 1954
  6. Syllabus October Term, 2008 Ricci V. Destefano
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  7. s Equal Protection Clause. Such cases can provide helpful guidance in this statutory context. See Watson v. Fort
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  8. see also Wygant v. Jackson
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  9. essentially, a threshold showing of a significant statistical disparity, Connecticut v. Teal
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  10. Ricci et al. v. DeStefano
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  11. et al., also on certiorari to the same court. Ricci v. DeStefano
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  12. Opinion of the Court Ricci V. Destefano
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  13. decision for petitioners on their statutory claim would provide the relief sought, so we consider it first. See Atkins v. Parker
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  14. Teamsters v. United
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  15. a protected trait. Watson v. Fort
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  16. of 1964 did not include an express prohibition on policies or practices that produce a disparate impact. But in Griggs v. Duke
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  17. We must interpret the statute to give effect to both provisions where possible. See, e.g. , United States v. Atlantic
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  18. Firefighters v. Cleveland
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  19. Corp. v. Hulteen
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  20. Scott v. Harris
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  21. Matsushita Elec. Industrial Co. v. Zenith
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  22. City to conclude it would face disparate-impact liability if it certified the examination results. See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
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  23. with the possibility of multiple candidates filling each rank) for purposes of the rule of three. See Kelly v. New
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  24. see also Chicago Firefighters Local 2 v. Chicago
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  25. and the cases are remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. It is so ordered. Ricci v. DeStefano
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  26. Scalia, J., Concurring Ricci V. Destefano
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  27. But if the Federal Government is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, Bolling v. Sharpe
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  28. discriminate on the basis of race. See Buchanan v. Warley
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  29. Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney
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  30. Miller v. Johnson
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  31. Disparate impact is sometimes (though not always, see Watson v. Fort
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  32. might allow statistical disparities to play some role in the evidentiary process. Cf. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
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  33. to make peace between them. Ricci v. DeStefano
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  34. Alito, J., Concurring Ricci V. Destefano
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  35. Honor Center v. Hicks
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  36. a large body of court of appeals case law on this issue, and these cases disagree about the proper standard. See EEOC v. BCI
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  37. Russell v. McKinney
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  38. see also Poland v. Chertoff
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  39. acted with discriminatory intent, see Hill v. Lockheed
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  40. Ginsburg, J., Dissenting Ricci V. Destefano
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  41. seen in command positions. In arriving at its order, the Court barely acknowledges the pathmarking decision in Griggs v. Duke
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  42. Firebird Soc. of New Haven, Inc. v. New
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  43. F. Supp. 2d, at 157 (quoting Hayden v. County
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  44. forms of discrimination replaced once undisguised restrictions. In Griggs v. Duke
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  45. Id ., at 432. In Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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  46. Chrisner v. Complete
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  47. did not, it was generally understood, suffice to establish business necessity. Williams v. Colorado
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  48. Moving in a different direction, in Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
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  49. Griggs v. Duke
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  50. Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
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