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Sex Discrimination In Newscasting, Leslie S. Gielow

Michigan Law Review

This Note argues that the current judicial deference to viewer surveys used by television stations in newscasting employment decisions is unwarranted. Part I explores how different treatment of women newscasters constitutes sex-plus discrimination. Part II demonstrates that viewer surveys almost always reflect sexual stereotypes that are impermissible under title VII, and argues that such surveys should be presumptively inadmissible as evidence to rebut a claim of sex discrimination. Indeed, mere use of these surveys may in and of itself establish a prima facie case of sex discrimination.

Part III contends that sex discrimination in the news industry resulting from the …

Quick Termination Of Insubstantial Civil Rights Claims: Qualified Immunity And Procedural Fairness, Edmund L. Carey, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Harlow Court both altered the substantive law of qualified immunity and established a procedural goal for implementing the defense. This Note will focus primarily on the procedural aspects of the decision. In the three years that have elapsed since Harlow, lower courts have struggled to carry out the Supreme Court's directive to resolve the qualified immunity issue, if possible, on summary judgment. As a consequence, three distinct but First, what are the outer bounds of the ban on factual inquiry into an official's subjective state of mind? Second, which party, plaintiff or defendant, should bear the burden of proof …

Racial Defamation As Free Speech: Abusing The First Amendment, Kenneth Lasson

All Faculty Scholarship

The traditional view of the first amendment's free speech guarantee as absolute, allowing few and narrow exceptions, reflects the Constitution's dedication to an open and unfettered exchange of ideas. Those thoughts that are abhorrent to a free society, the argument goes, will wither when aired but fester if suppressed. Moreover, who is to decide which ideas are offensive? The interests of the state may well be inferior to those of the people, the wisdom of public servants often suspect in quality and motivation. But freedom of speech is so precious and delicate a liberty it must be preserved at great …

Thornburg V. Gingles, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

University Of Tennessee V. Elliot, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Michigan V. Jackson, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Moran V. Burbine, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Meritor Savings Bank, Fsb V. Vinson, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Local 28 Of The Sheetmetal Workers' International Association V. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Eeoc), Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Local No. 93, Intern. Ass'n Of Firefighters, Afl-Cio C.L.C. V. City Of Cleveland, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

The Bona Fide Occupational Qualification Exception--Clarifying The Meaning Of"Occupational Qualification", Jane W. May

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits employment decisions that discriminate against people aged forty to seventy because of their age. An exception to the ADEA permits otherwise unlawful age discrimination when age is a "bonafide occupational qualification [BFOQ] reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business.'' To invoke this exception successfully, an employer must produce evidence from which a court can conclude that age is a valid BFOQ. Currently,some confusion exists as to whether an employer's evidence must establish that age is relevant to the performance of the employee's specific duties or whether this evidence need …

The Class-Based Animus Requirement Of 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3): A Limiting Strategy Gone Awry?, Devin S. Schindler

Michigan Law Review

This Note focuses on Scott's impact on attempts to determine what groups fall within the statute. Part I examines the various class-based animus formulas generated by the circuits since Griffin and the potential impact of Scott on these formulas. Part II argues that the key to understanding the scope of the class-based animus requirement lies in traditional fourteenth amendment equal protection analysis.

Accountant Guilty Of Sex Bias, New York Times

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

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Judge Faults Firm’S Sexual Stereotyping In Not Promoting Woman, Sandra Evans

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.

Correspondence: Letter, September 13, 1985 To Dr. Saffy, Duval County Hospital Authority, Betty Holzendorf

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter stating Dr. Edna L. Saffy’s confirmation of appointment to the Duval County Hospital Authority by Mayor Jake M. Godbold scheduled to come before the Rules Committee September 19, 1985.

Letter: Hugh Cotney; Edna Saffy, Hugh Cotney

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from attorney Hugh Cotney to Dr. Edna L. Saffy regarding an article and Betty Castor's campaign. September 3, 1985.

Title Vii And The Applicability Of Disparate Impact Analysis To Subjective Selection Criteria, Jane Rigler

West Virginia Law Review

Discrimination-free employment practices have been mandated in this country for over twenty years, yet all members of American society do not share equal employment opportunities. One need only compare the unemployment rate of blacks to whites to conclude that complexion bears a remarkable relationship to employment experiences. A reminder that the earning power of American women is vastly different than that of men is evidence enough that gender is a factor in employment decisions. Most employers have abandoned their more overtly discriminatory practices such as outright refusals to employ members of racial minorities or women, termination of a woman on …

Bibbs V. Block: Standard Of Causation And Burden Of Proof In An Individual Disparate Treatment Action Under Title Vii

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Concurrent Jurisdiction Of Title Vii Actions

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Letter: Betty Castor; Edna Saffy, Betty Castor

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Thank you letter from Senator Betty Castor expressing her appreciation for Dr. Saffy’s generosity and hospitality. August 8, 1985.

Correspondence: Letter, July 31, 1985 To Dr. Saffy, Mayor’S Commission On The Status Of Women, Jeanne Bucher Ward

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from the Chairperson, Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women expressing deep appreciation for all the work Edna L. Saffy did in Jacksonville on the behalf of women. Written on Office of the Mayor letterhead, Jake M. Godbold mayor.

Contact Sheet: Attendees Invited To Meeting For Betty Castor, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

List of people invite to the meeting with Senator Betty Castor held at Dr. Saffy’s house on Thursday July 25, 1985 at 4pm. The list is on Edna Saffy, PH.D. letterhead.

Correspondence: July 17, 1985 Note To Dr. Saffy, Betsey Wright

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A note from Betsey Wright, Chief of Staff for Governor Bill Clinton. The note is written on State of Arkansas Bill Clinton Governor letterhead.

Correspondence: Letter, July 16, 1985, To. Dr. Saffy, Duval County Hospital Authority, Jake M. Godbold

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from Mayor Godbold to Dr. Saffy regarding appointment to the Duval County Hospital Authority.

The Trouble With Jaycees, Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

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Black Innocence And The White Jury, Sheri Johnson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Racial prejudice has come under increasingly close scrutiny during the past thirty years, yet its influence on the decisionmaking of criminal juries remains largely hidden from judicial and critical examination. In this Article, Professor Johnson takes a close look at this neglected area. She first sets forth a large body of social science research that reveals a widespread tendency among whites to convict black defendants in instances in which white defendants would be acquitted. Next, she argues that none of the existing techniques for eliminating the influence of racial bias on criminal trials adequately protects minority-race defendants. She contends that …

Exclusion Of Families With Children From Housing, George Palmer Schober

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note attempts to resolve the most significant problems raised by discrimination against children in housing. Part I briefly analyzes the prevalence of child exclusion in different types of housing. It also provides a statistical analysis of the rental housing market to enable the reader to gauge the extent of the problem in one type of housing. Part II discusses policy arguments supporting both those who seek to exclude children and those who advocate government policies forbidding exclusion. Part III then examines the various approaches that states have adopted in this area, as well as federal implications of the issue. …

The 'Legalization' Of The Family: Toward A Policy Of Supportive Neutrality, David L. Chambers

Articles

The word "legalization" has conflicting meanings. One, intended to sound the theme of this conference, conveys the notion of government regulation permeating some area of human activity. The other-as found, for example, in the phrase "the legalization of marijuana"-is a near opposite: the process of making legal or permissible that which. was previously forbidden, taking government out of that which it had previously controlled. The recent history of government's relationship to the family amply displays both sorts of legalization, both government's intrusion and its withdrawal, and reveals a paradoxical relation between the two-that as government frees people to live their …

Civil Action No. 84-3040 Defendant's Reply To Plaintiff's Post-Trial Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

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Civil Action No. 84-3040 Defendant's Response To Plaintiff's Proposed Findings Of Fact, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.