Martin v. Wilks
Significance, Reverse Discrimination, Further Readings
Petitioner
Robert K. Wilks, et al.
Respondent
John W. Martin, et al.
Petitioner's Claim
That less qualified African Americans were being promoted instead of more qualified caucasians.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Raymond P. Fitzpatrick, Jr.
Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Robert D. Joffe, James P. Alexander
Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
12 June 1989
Decision
Caucasian firefighters not involved in previous civil rights litigation were allowed to claim that promotion decisions after the previous consent decrees were racially discriminatory.
Related Cases
- Firefighters v. Cleveland, 478 U.S. 501 (1986).
- Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education, 476 U.S. 267 (1986).
- Board of Education of the Township of Piscataway v. Taxman, 91 F.3d. 1547 (1996).
Sources
Constitutional Law, thirteenth edition. New York: The Foundation Press Inc.,1997.
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