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· 5/8/1973

Paul SPURLOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 475 F.2d 216

How courts have described this case

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  • sustaining job relatedness of college degree requirement on strength of testimony
  • \(P)re-employment qualifications which result in discrimination may be valid if they are shown to be job-related.\
  • airline pilot qualifications require lesser showing of business necessity because of high degree of job skill required
  • where there are human risks involved “in hiring an unqualified applicant,” courts “should proceed with great caution before requiring an employer to lower his pre-employment standards for such a job”
  • “[P]re-employment qualifications which result in discrimination may be valid if they are shown to be job-related.”
  • college degree and 500 flight hours required for airline pilots

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Judges: Lewis, Doyle, Bratton

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