Two Employment Decisions from the Supreme Court
On May 24, the Supreme Court issued two employment-related opinions. The first, Lewis v. Chicago, concerned the filing deadline for disparate impact discrimination cases under Title VII. The black firefighter plaintiffs in the case sought to challenge a written test used for determining promotions. The question is whether their statute of limitations began running when the test was scored, or when the test results were actually used to determine promotion decisions. Reversing the Seventh Circuit, the Court unanimously held (Scalia writing) that it was the latter because it was the use...
Read MoreUnited States Supreme Court High Season Begins
Although the Surpreme Court issues opinions throughout its term, many come out towards the back end of the term, which concludes in June. In the last couple of weeks, the Court has issued several decisions which touch on employment law: In Conkirght v. Frommert, the 5-3 majority upheld the company’s denial of pension benefits to former employees. Write-up here. In Perdue v. Kenny A., the 5-4 majority rejected the trial court’s calculations of the appropriate amount of attorneys’ fees for the prevailing plaintiff in a civil rights case. Write-up here. In Stolt-Nielsen...
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