The crusade for equality in the workplace : the Griggs v. Duke Power story / Robert K. Belton ; edited by Stephen L. Wasby.

Author/creator Belton, Robert author.
Other author Wasby, Stephen L., 1937- editor.
Format Book
PublicationLawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Descriptionxi, 412 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Griggs, Willie S.--Trials, litigation, etc.
Duke Power Company--Trials, litigation, etc.
Labor laws and legislation--United States. --Cases.
Employment tests--Law and legislation. --United States.
Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation. --United States.
Affirmative action programs--Law and legislation. --United States.

Contents Introduction -- The emergence of Title VII as a "poor enfeebled thing?" -- LDF's enforcement strategy -- The litigation phase begins -- Quarles and the present effects theory : a prelude to griggs -- Griggs : the factual setting -- Griggs in the district court -- In the Fourth Circuit : Judge Sobeloff's blueprint for the disparate impact theory -- Griggs in the Supreme Court -- The maturation of the Griggs theory -- Make whole remedies : Moody and Franks -- Griggs and affirmative action : Weber and Johnson -- The death knell for Griggs : the court's 1989 "civil rights massacre" -- The resurrection of Griggs : the Civil Rights Act of 1991 -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 329-391) and index.
LCCN 2013044783
ISBN9780700619535 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0700619534 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks KF3464 .B437 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold