Supreme Court· 6/25/1975

Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody

Citations

422 U.S. 405
95 S. Ct. 2362
45 L. Ed. 2d 280
1975 U.S. LEXIS 111
9 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 10,230
10 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1181

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noting that a decision calling for the exercise of discretion “hardly means that it is unfettered by meaningful standards or shielded from thorough appellate review”
stating that unnamed class members need not exhaust administrative remedies for an award of back pay under Title VII
noting that the “primary objective” of Title VII “was a prophylactic one” to “remove barriers that have operated in the past”
noting that courts’ discretion to award back pay is severely limited by a congressionally imposed presumption in favor of back pay awards in Title VII cases
characterizing back pay awarded against employer under Title VII as equitable in context of assessing whether judge erred in refusing to award such relief
requiring showing that tests in question select applicants for promotion in a “racial pattern [that is] significantly different from that of the pool of applicants.”

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