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WHIRLPOOL CORP. v. CIVIL RIGHTS COMM.

Docket No. 74427, (Calendar No. 10).

425 Mich. 527 (1986)

390 N.W.2d 625

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION v. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butzbaugh, Page, Butzbaugh & Dewane (by John E. Dewane) and Matkov, Griffin, Parsons, Salzman & Madoff (by David J. Parsons) for the plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Felix E. League and Dianne Rubin, Assistant Attorneys General, for the defendants.

BRICKLEY, J.

The facts of this case are set forth in the opinion of Justice ARCHER. The issue presented is whether the Legislature intended the Civil Rights Act to prohibit employers from having "no-spouse rules" in their personnel policies. We recently held that antinepotism policies which prohibit "any relatives (natural or through marriage)" of a current employee from being hired do not constitute discrimination on the...

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