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Constitutional Law - Racial Discrimination - Thirteenth Amendment, Nicholas D. Krawec

Duquesne Law Review

42 U.S.C. § 1982-The United States Supreme Court has held that the official closing of a public street, resulting in a benefit for the white residents of that street and an inconvenience disparately impacting black residents of a neighboring community, is neither a badge of slavery prohibited by the thirteenth amendment nor an impairment of property interests protected by 42 U.S.C. § 1982.

City of Memphis v. Greene, 101 S. Ct. 1584 (1981).

Civil Rights Act Of 1964 - Title Vii - Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy - Defenses, Margaret L. Cohen

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that an airline's employment policy mandating immediate unpaid maternity leave for all flight attendants upon discovery of pregnancy is sex discrimination but is justified by safety considerations.

Harriss v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 649 F.2d 670 (9th Cir. 1980).

Constitutional Law - Police Power - Equal Protection - Voluntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse Statute, Louis Bader

Duquesne Law Review

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that the Pennsylvania voluntary deviate sexual intercourse statute is beyond the valid exercise of the state's police power and is violative of the equal protection clauses of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth v. Bonadio, 490 Pa. 91, 415 A.2d 47 (1980).

A Tale Of Two Amendments: The Reasons Congress Added Sex To Title Vii And Their Implication For The Issue Of Comparable Worth, Michael Evan Gold

Duquesne Law Review

The author of this article examines and dispels the frequently cited account that the provisions against sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were created as a Congressman's joke or as an attempt to defeat the bill. He analyzes the background of the Smith and Bennett amendments, focusing on the congressional debates as they appear in the Congressional Record. He concludes that the Members of Congress were serious about sex discrimination, and that this seriousness has important implications for the interpretation of Title VII.

Civil Rights - Race Discrimination - Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 - Res Judicata - Individual Actions Subsequent To Eeoc Actions, John R. O'Keefe

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that dismissal for failure to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act of a Title VII employment discrimination action brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Co mission is res judicata as to an individual's subsequent private action based upon the same claim.

Jones v. Bell Helicopter Co., 614 F.2d 1389 (5th Cir. 1980).

Civil Rights - Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 - Remedies - Tenure Award To Title Vii Complainant, Jane Roberts Cobb

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ordered a. college to award tenure to a Title VII complainant who was a victim of unlawful disparate treatment.

Kunda v. Muhlenberg College, 621 F.2d 532 (3d Cir. 1980).