Automobile Workers v. Johnson Controls
Significance, Women And Children First, Defining "business Necessity", "outright And Explicit" Discrimination
Petitioners
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW, et al.
Respondent
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Petitioners' Claim
That Johnson Controls' "fetal protection policy" is sex discrimination prohibited by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA).
Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Marsha S. Berzon
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Stanley S. Jaspan
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), Anthony M. Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
None
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
20 March 1991
Decision
Johnson Controls' fetal protection policy was in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the PDA.
Related Cases
- Ward's Cove Packing v. Atonio, 490 U.S. 642 (1989).
- Radovanic v. Centex Real Estate Corporation, 767 F.Supp. 1322 (W.D.N.C. 1991).
- Krauel v. Iowa Methodist Medical Center, 95 F.3d 674 (1996).
Sources
West's Encyclopedia of American Law. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1998.
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