|
|
Chandler v. Roudebush, 425 U.S. 840 (1976)
Contents:
Show Summary
Hide Summary
General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Chandler v. Roudebush, 425 U.S. 840 (1976)
Chandler v. Roudebush No. 74-1599 Argued March 2, 1976 Decided June 1, 1976 425 U.S. 840
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
Section 717(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as added by § 11 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, provides that, within a specified period after notice of final administrative action on a federal employee’s discrimination complaint by the employing agency, or by the Civil Service Commission (CSC), upon an appeal from the agency’s order, or after a specified period of delay by the agency or the CSC, the employee "may file a civil action" as provided in the statute, against the agency head. Petitioner, a Negro, claiming that her failure to receive a promotion by the Veterans’ Administration was sexually and racially discriminatory, after exhausting her administrative remedies, brought suit under § 717(c). She was not allowed to proceed with discovery, the District Court having determined that "the absence of discrimination is firmly established by the clear weight of the administrative record." The court thereupon granted summary judgment in favor of respondents. The Court of Appeals affirmed.
Held: The plain meaning of the statute, reinforced by the legislative history of the 1972 amendments, compels the conclusion that federal employees have the same right to a trial de novo as is enjoyed by private sector or state government employees under the amended Civil Rights Act of 1964. Pp. 843-864.
515 F.2d 251, reversed and remanded.
STEWART, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Contents:
Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Chandler v. Roudebush, 425 U.S. 840 (1976) in 425 U.S. 840 425 U.S. 841. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LZ6FETKB6JN7M8D.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Chandler v. Roudebush, 425 U.S. 840 (1976), in 425 U.S. 840, page 425 U.S. 841. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LZ6FETKB6JN7M8D.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Chandler v. Roudebush, 425 U.S. 840 (1976). cited in 1976, 425 U.S. 840, pp.425 U.S. 841. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LZ6FETKB6JN7M8D.
|