William W. Foster v. Donald Wyrick, Warden Board of Classification & Placement Board of Classification Assistants Vestal and Maness

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• explaining that “appellant’s allegation that [defendant’s] employment practices and procedures have a discriminatory impact on black inmates fails to state a cause of action under the Equal Protection Clause, because there is no allegation of intentional discrimination.”
• em ployment discrimination claim that was based on disparate impact was not recognized under constitutional principles, but was recognized under Title VII
• plaintiffs failed “to state a cause of action under the Equal Protection clause, because there [was] no allegation of intentional discrimination.”
• absent allegation of intentional discrimination, equal protection claim not stated by allegation that facially neutral prison employment practices had discriminatory impact on black inmates
• “Proof of discriminatory racial purpose is required to establish an equal protection violation.”
• \Proof of discriminatory racial purpose is required to establish an equal protection violation.\

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