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- Critical Race Judgments
- Critical Race Judgments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Advisory Committee
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.
- Part I Membership and Inclusion
- Part II Participation and Access
- Part III Property and Space
- 60 U.S. 393Supreme Court of the United States
- 538 U.S. 343Supreme Court of the United States
- 403 U.S. 217Supreme Court of the United States
- 401 U.S. 424 (1971)Supreme Court of the United States
- 426 U.S. 229Supreme Court of the United States
- 389 U.S. 347Supreme Court of the United States
- 528 U.S. 119Supreme Court of the United States
- Part IV Intimate Choice and Autonomy
- Part V Justice
401 U.S. 424 (1971)Supreme Court of the United States
GRIGGS et al.v.DUKE POWER CO.No. 124
from Part III - Property and Space
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
- Critical Race Judgments
- Critical Race Judgments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Advisory Committee
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.
- Part I Membership and Inclusion
- Part II Participation and Access
- Part III Property and Space
- 60 U.S. 393Supreme Court of the United States
- 538 U.S. 343Supreme Court of the United States
- 403 U.S. 217Supreme Court of the United States
- 401 U.S. 424 (1971)Supreme Court of the United States
- 426 U.S. 229Supreme Court of the United States
- 389 U.S. 347Supreme Court of the United States
- 528 U.S. 119Supreme Court of the United States
- Part IV Intimate Choice and Autonomy
- Part V Justice
Summary
Argued December 14, 1970.Decided March 8, 1971.
Justices Angela ONWUACHI-WILLIG and David SIMSON delivered the opinion of the Court.1
This case presents the first opportunity for this Court to interpret the provisions of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in the context of race discrimination. As the Act grew out of, and was meant to help resolve, a period of massive contestation over the possibility, and terms, of racial progress in the United States – a contestation that continues – our task is of the utmost importance. In this case, a group of black employees argues that the practice of their employer, respondent Duke Power Company (“Duke” or “the company”), to require a high school education or satisfactory scores on two standardized general ability tests as a prerequisite for transfer and promotion discriminates against them on the basis of race in violation of Title VII.
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- Critical Race JudgmentsRewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and the Law, pp. 347 - 376Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022