GUARDIANS ASSN. v. CIVIL SERVICE COMM'N, N. Y. C.

No. 81-431.

463 U.S. 582 (1983)

GUARDIANS ASSOCIATION ET AL. v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 1, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Crowley argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Kenneth Kimerling.

Leonard Koerner argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr.*

Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, and Thomas R. Bagby filed a brief for the Equal Employment Advisory Council as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

Thomas I. Atkins and Michael H. Sussman filed a brief for the NAACP as amicus curiae.


JUSTICE WHITE announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in Parts I, III, IV, and V of which JUSTICE REHNQUIST joined.

The threshold issue before the Court is whether the private plaintiffs in this case need to prove discriminatory intent to establish a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 2000d et seq.,1...

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