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Argued November 27, 1979.
Decided February 20, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Willard Z. Carr, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Michael D. Ryan, Aaron M. Peck, George Christensen, James R. Madison, and William F. Alderman.
Roland P. Wilder, Jr., argued the cause for respondent unions as respondents under this Court's Rule 21 (4), urging reversal. With him on the briefs were David Previant, George A. Pappy, and Robert D. Vogel.
James Wolpman argued the cause for respondent Bryant. With him on the brief was Michael P. Goldstein.
Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. On the brief were Solicitor General McCree, Assistant Attorney General Days, Richard A. Allen, Leroy D. Clark, Joseph T. Eddins, and Beatrice Rosenberg.*
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Gerald A. Rosenberg, John B. Jones, Jr., Norman Redlich, William L. Robinson, and Richard T. Seymour for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; and by Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Barry L. Goldstein, O. Peter Sherwood, Daniel B. Edelman, Vilma S. Martinez, and Morris J. Baller for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Inc., et al.
Bruce A. Nelson, Raymond L. Wheeler, Robert E. Williams, and Douglas S. McDowell filed a brief for the Equal Employment Advisory Council as amicus curiae.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19641 makes unlawful, practices, procedures, or tests that "operate to `freeze' the status quo of prior discriminatory employment practices." Griggs v. Duke Power Co.,401 U.S. 424, 430. To this rule, § 703 (h) of the Act, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e-2 (h...
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