State Commission on Human Relations v. Amecom Division of Litton Systems, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that if “the statute affects only procedures or remedies, it will be given retroactive application”
• implying that retroactive application of an anti-discrimination statute would mean applying the statute to acts of discrimination which occurred before the statutory effective date
• implying that retroactive application of an anti-discrimination statute would mean applying the statute to acts of discrimination which occurred before the statutory effective date
• defining a retroactive statute as “one which purports to determine the legal significance of acts or events that have occurred prior to the statute’s effective date”
• “Generally, remedial statutes are those which provide a remedy, or improve or facilitate remedies already existing for the enforcement of rights and the redress of injuries.”
• “[W]here prospective application of a law is inconsistent with the nature and purpose of the legislation, retroactive effect will be given.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).