Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
1989 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 490 U.S. 642 (1989), was a court case concerning employment discrimination, argued before the United States Supreme Court on January 18, 1989, and decided on June 5, 1989.
Quick Facts Ward's Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, Argued January 18, 1989 Decided June 5, 1989 ...
Ward's Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio | |
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Argued January 18, 1989 Decided June 5, 1989 | |
Full case name | Wards Cove Packing Company, Incorporated, et al. v. Atonio, et al. |
Citations | 490 U.S. 642 (more) 109 S. Ct. 2115; 104 L. Ed. 2d 733; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2794; 57 U.S.L.W. 4583; 49 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1519; 50 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 39,021 |
Case history | |
Prior | Reversed and remanded, 827 F.2d 439. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, granted |
Subsequent | 827 F.2d 439, reversed and remanded. |
Holding | |
To determine whether a disparate-impact case exists, compare racial composition of the at-issue jobs and the racial composition of the qualified population in the relevant labor market. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | White, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy |
Dissent | Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall |
Dissent | Stevens, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun |
Laws applied | |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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