University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1990 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 493 U.S. 182 (1990), is a US labor law case of the US Supreme Court holding neither common law evidentiary privilege, nor First Amendment academic freedom protects peer review materials that are relevant to charges of racial or sexual discrimination in tenure decisions.[1]
Quick Facts University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC, Argued November 7, 1989 Decided January 9, 1990 ...
University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC | |
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Argued November 7, 1989 Decided January 9, 1990 | |
Full case name | University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
Citations | 493 U.S. 182 (more) 110 S. Ct. 577; 107 L. Ed. 2d 571 |
Case history | |
Prior | 850 F.2d 969 (3d Cir. 1988) |
Holding | |
A university does not enjoy a special privilege requiring a judicial finding of particularized necessity of access, beyond a showing of mere relevance, before peer review materials pertinent to charges of discrimination in tenure decisions are disclosed to the EEOC. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Blackmun, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 |
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