· 6/25/1984
Cooper v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Citations
- 467 U.S. 867
- 104 S. Ct. 2794
- 81 L. Ed. 2d 718
- 1984 U.S. LEXIS 119
- 52 U.S.L.W. 4853
- 39 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 301
- 35 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1
- 34 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 34,445
How courts have described this case
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- holding that members of a class of black employees of a Federal Reserve Bank could maintain separate actions against the bank under Title VII
- holding that “[p]roving isolated or sporadic discriminatory acts by the employer is insufficient to establish a prima facie case of a pattern or practice of discrimination .... ” (emphasis added)
- holding that members of a class of black employees of a Federal Reserve Bank could maintain separate actions against the bank under Title VII
- holding that members of a class of black employees of a Federal Reserve Bank could maintain separate actions against the bank under Title VII
- concluding that an attempt to prove a< “pattern or practice” claim “may fail even though discrimination against one or two individuals has been proved”
- holding that resolution of a class action pertaining to whether employer engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination did not preclude claims that employer discriminated against individual employees
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Judges: Stevens, Marshall, Powell
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