CONVICTION RECORDS AS BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT - RACIAL DISCRIMINATION UNDER TITLE 7 - GREEN V MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD, 523 F.2D 1290 (8TH CIR. 1975)

• NCJ Number: 38548
• Journal: Washington University Law Quarterly Volume: 1976 Issue: 1 Dated: (1976) Pages: 122-134
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: Washington University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS DECISION HELD THAT STATISTICAL EVIDENCE SUPPORTS A FINDING THAT A BLANKET RULE AGAINST HIRING EX-OFFENDERS IS, PRIMA FACIE, RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY, AND CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED BY BUSINESS NECESSITY.

Abstract

THIS CASE COMMENT ANALYZES THIS DECISION ALONG WITH OTHER PERTINENT CASE LAW DEALING WITH RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY BUSINESS PERSONNEL POLICIES UNDER TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.