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  2. Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 February 2025. Landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law This article is about the 1964 Civil Rights Act. For other American laws called the Civil Rights Acts, see Civil Rights Act. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Long title An Act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the ...

  3. Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp. - Wikipedia

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    Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp., 400 U.S. 542 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court landmark case in which the Court held that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer may not, in the absence of business necessity, refuse to hire women with pre-school-age children while hiring men with such children.

  4. Employment discrimination law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in many more aspects of the employment relationship. "Title VII created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to administer the act". [12] It applies to most employers engaged in interstate commerce with more than 15 employees, labor organizations, and employment ...

  5. Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins - Wikipedia

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    Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Hopkins , 490 U.S. 228 (1989), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court on the issues of prescriptive sex discrimination and employer liability for sex discrimination .

  6. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green - Wikipedia

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    Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green , 411 U.S. 792 (1973), is a US employment law case by the United States Supreme Court regarding the burdens and nature of proof in proving a Title VII case and the order in which plaintiffs and defendants present proof.

  7. Clayton County –— a landmark United States Supreme Court case in 2020 in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; Civil Rights Act of 1866 [3] Civil Rights Act of 1871 [4] Civil Rights Act of 1957 [5] Civil Rights Act ...

  8. Bostock v. Clayton County - Wikipedia

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    Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity.

  9. Faragher v. City of Boca Raton - Wikipedia

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    Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998), is a US labor law case of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court identified the circumstances under which an employer may be held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for the acts of a supervisory employee whose sexual harassment of subordinates has created a hostile work environment amounting to employment ...