June 5, 1989

injustice

Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio Decided

The Supreme Court made employment-discrimination claims harder to prove in a suit by Filipino and Alaska Native cannery workers (Alaskeros) of ILWU Local 37; Congress partly reversed the ruling in the 1991 Civil Rights Act.

Sources

  1. supreme.justia.com supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/490/642
  2. law.cornell.edu law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/490/642

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