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Download full textCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1985
This document examines a major civil rights decision handed down by the Supreme Court in Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts (1984). The decision is examined for its importance in determining the extent to which seniority systems may or must be overridden as part of court-ordered relief to remedy discrimination in employment, and also for…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Employment, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation
