United Steelworkers v. Weber
| United Steelworkers v. Weber | |
|---|---|
| Argued March 28, 1979 Decided June 27, 1979 | |
| Full case name | United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC v. Weber et al. |
| Citations | 443 U.S. 193 (more) 93 S. Ct. 705; 35 L. Ed. 2d 147 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chem. Corp., 415 F. Supp. 761 (E.D. La. 1976); affirmed, 563 F.2d 216 (5th Cir. 1977); rehearing en banc denied, 571 F.2d 337 (5th Cir. 1978); cert. granted, 439 U.S. 1045 (1978). |
| Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 444 U.S. 889 (1979); vacated and remanded, 611 F.2d 132 (5th Cir. 1980). |
| Holding | |
| United Steel workers of America did not violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as their affirmative action plan attempted to help minority workers and did not prevent other employees from advancing. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Brennan, joined by Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun |
| Concurrence | Blackmun |
| Dissent | Burger |
| Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by Burger |
| Powell and Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | |
United Steelworkers of America v. Weber, 443 U.S. 193 (1979), was a case regarding affirmative action in which the United States Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits racial discrimination by private employers, does not condemn all private, voluntary, race-conscious affirmative action plans. The Court's decision reversed lower courts' rulings in favor of Brian Weber whose lawsuit beginning in 1974 challenged his employer's hiring practices.