The Oyez Project: Civil Rights Issues - Sex Discrimination Decisions

Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act applied the prohibition of employment discrimination to employers with fifteen or more employees. Did this limit federal courts' subject matter jurisdiction, or did it only raise an issue going to the merits of a Title VII claim?

Automobile Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 20 Mar 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Does a policy barring the participation of potentially fertile and pregnant women in occupations that could be detrimental to their reproductive capacities constitute sexual discrimination in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the application of New Jersey's public accommodations law violate the Boy Scouts' First Amendment right of expressive association to bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders?

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Did Sheila White suffer retaliatory discrimination for which her employer may be held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Califano v. Goldfarb - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 02 Mar 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 May 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Can a school board be held responsible under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, meant to secure equal access of students to educational benefits and opportunities, for "student-on-student" harassment?

Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Must a plaintiff present direct evidence of discrimination in order to obtain a mixed-motive instruction under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991?

Dothard v. Rawlinson - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 26 Feb 1992 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

General Electric Co. v. Gilbert - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 07 Dec 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Harris v. Forklift Sys. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Nov 1993 12:00:00 -0500

Must sexual harassment "seriously affect [an employee's] psychological well being" in order to create an "abusive work environment" that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel T.B. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Apr 1994 12:00:00 -0500

Was the use of peremptory challenges to exclude jurors solely because of their gender a violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Does Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 allow suits for retaliation for complaints about unlawful sex discrimination?

Kirchberg v. Feenstra - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 Mar 1981 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Lehr v. Robertson - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 1983 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Los Angeles Dept. Of Water & Power v. Manhart - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 25 Apr 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Mathews v. De Castro - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Dec 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Mckennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 Jan 1995 12:00:00 -0500

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Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 Mar 1981 12:00:00 -0500

Did California's statutory rape law unconstitutionally discriminate on the basis of gender?

Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 06 Dec 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

When a supervisor makes a workplace environment so hostile (through sexual harassment) that an employee has no choice but to quit, may the employee bring suit even if she did not use the internal procedures established by the employer to report sexual harassment claims?

Pollard v. DuPont - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does "front pay" constitute an element of compensatory damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991, such that it is subject to the Act's statutory cap on such damages?

Quilloin v. Walcott - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 10 Jan 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Richmond Unified School District v. Berg - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 06 Dec 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Tuan Anh Nguyen v. INS - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Is 8 USC section 1409(a)'s statutory distinction, which imposes different requirements for a child's acquisition of citizenship depending upon whether the citizen parent is the mother or the father, consistent with the equal protection guarantee embedded in the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment?

United States v. Virginia - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 26 Jun 1996 12:00:00 -0500

Does Virginia's creation of a women's-only academy, as a comparable program to a male-only academy, satisfy the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?

Vorchheimer v. School District Of Philadelphia - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Apr 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Wimberly v. Labor & Industrial Rel. Comm'n - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Jan 1987 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.