Seiferth v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• test given to one applicant \consisted of four or five mathematical problems which a Company employee jotted down on a sheet of yellow paper\
• test given to one applicant “consisted of four or five mathematical problems which a Company employee jotted down on a sheet of yellow paper”
• use of subjective criteria in awarding promotions relevant to the establishment of prima facie case of discrimination
• “If backpay is consistently awarded, companies and unions will certainly find it in their best interest to remedy their employment procedures without court intervention____”
• use of subjective criteria in awarding promotions relevant to the establishment of prima facie case of discrimination
• court can order Black-White promotion in 1:1 ratio until 15% of foremen are Black

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).