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COLORADO COMM'N v. CONTINENTAL

No. 146.

372 U.S. 714 (1963)

COLORADO ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMISSION ET AL. v. CONTINENTAL AIR LINES, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Raber Taylor and Floyd B. Engeman, Assistant Attorney General of Colorado, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners. With Mr. Engeman on the brief for petitioners in No. 146 was Duke W. Dunbar, Attorney General of Colorado.

Patrick M. Westfeldt argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was William Cant McClearn.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Marlon D. Green, a Negro, applied for a job as a pilot with respondent Continental Air Lines, Inc., an interstate air carrier. His application was submitted at Continental's headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and was later considered and rejected there. Green then made complaint to the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission that Continental had refused to hire...

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