422 U.S. 405 (1975) Cited 2,640 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that an employment policy cannot stand if another policy, "without a similarly undesirable racial effect, would also serve the employer's legitimate interest"
Concluding that a reasonable jury could conclude that the plaintiff was subject to closer scrutiny by her supervisor, given goals that she could not have been expected to meet, and then terminated when she predictably failed to meet those goals
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16 Cited 5,067 times 20 Legal Analyses
Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"