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· 2/12/1973

Earl H. GREGORY, Appellee, v. LITTON SYSTEMS, INC., a Corporation, Appellant

Citations

  • 472 F.2d 631

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • the court cited national arrest statistics showing that blacks suffered a disproportionately high percentage of arrests
  • Los Angeles case, refusing to hire persons with more than a certain number of non-traffic arrests
  • the court cited national arrest statistics showing that blacks suffered a disproportion ately high percentage of arrests
  • “no hire” policy for sheet metal mechanic arrested but not convicted not justified by business necessity
  • arrest records cannot be used as absolute bar, but employer may consider individual arrest records if it can show enough job relatedness

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Judges: Merrill, Goodwin, Plummer

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