Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
| Ward's Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio | |
|---|---|
| Argued January 18, 1989 Decided June 5, 1989 | |
| Full case name | Wards Cove Packing Company, Incorporated, et al. v. Atonio, et al. |
| Citations | 490 U.S. 642 (more) 109 S. Ct. 2115; 104 L. Ed. 2d 733; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2794; 57 U.S.L.W. 4583; 49 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1519; 50 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 39,021 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Reversed and remanded, 827 F.2d 439. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, granted |
| Subsequent | 827 F.2d 439, reversed and remanded. |
| Holding | |
| To determine whether a disparate-impact case exists, compare racial composition of the at-issue jobs and the racial composition of the qualified population in the relevant labor market. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | White, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy |
| Dissent | Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall |
| Dissent | Stevens, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun |
| Laws applied | |
| Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | |
Superseded by | |
| Civil Rights Act of 1991 | |
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 490 U.S. 642 (1989), was a court case concerning employment discrimination, argued before the United States Supreme Court on January 18, 1989, and decided on June 5, 1989.