· 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
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Merrill, Goodwin, Plummer
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