, and n. 13 (hiring and promotion practices can be validated in "any one of several ways"). U.S. 421, 489 (1985). See, e. g., Rivera v. Wichita Falls, 665 F.2d 531, 536, n. 7 (CA5 1982) (citing Casteneda [Castaneda] v. Partida, Definition. 469 that the employer adopted those practices with a discriminatory intent. 471 professional services or personal counseling. , such a formulation should not be interpreted as implying that the ultimate burden of proof can be shifted to the defendant. . 6 U.S. 977, 1007] U.S. 977, 1006] The plurality's suggested allocation of burdens bears a closer resemblance to the allocation of burdens we established for disparate-treatment claims in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, We granted certiorari to determine whether the court below properly held disparate impact analysis inapplicable to a subjective or discretionary promotion system, and we now hold that such analysis may be applied. include such things as customers' preference for employees of a certain race. . 411 Despite those regulations, only a small number of disparate-impact claims have been filed against institutions of higher education, and few have been successful. JUSTICE BLACKMUN, with whom JUSTICE BRENNAN and JUSTICE MARSHALL join, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. 5 The criterion must directly relate to a prospective employee's ability to perform the job effectively. On April 11th, 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act (FHA) into law, calling it one of "the proudest moments" of his time in the White House. I, however, find it necessary to reach this issue in order to respond to remarks made by the plurality. U.S., at 432 The Supreme Court determined that disparate-impact claims can be brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), but it imposed significant limitations on those suits. 793, 805-811 (1978), and it has not provided more than a rule of thumb App. U.S. 321 [ It concluded that Watson had failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination in hiring: the percentage of blacks in the Bank's work force approximated the percentage of blacks in the metropolitan area where the Bank is located. It is self-evident that many jobs, for example those involving managerial responsibilities, require personal qualities that have never been considered amenable to standardized testing. . Cf. The Facts of the Case The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. (ICP), a Texas-based nonprofit corporation that assists low-income families in obtaining affordable housing, brought a disparate-impact claim under the Fair Housing Act against the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (Department). -255. Since the passage of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers have been prohibited from engaging in two forms of discrimination: disparate treatment (e.g., intentional exclusion of a person because of their identity) and disparate impact (e.g., unintentional disadvantage of a protected class via a facially neutral procedure) [ 4 ]. (1979) (rule against employing drug addicts); Connecticut v. Teal, In Beazer, for example, the Court considered it obvious that "legitimate employment goals of safety and efficiency" permitted the exclusion of methadone users from employment with the New York City Transit Authority; the Court indicated that the "manifest relationship" test was satisfied even with respect to non-safety-sensitive jobs because those legitimate goals were "significantly served by" the exclusionary rule at issue in that case even though the rule was not required by those goals. for the purpose of predicting ability to master a training program even if the test does not otherwise predict ability to perform on the job"). It is true, to be sure, that an employer's policy of leaving promotion decisions to the unchecked discretion of lower level supervisors should itself raise no inference of discriminatory conduct. This statement warrants further comment in two respects. [487 Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the United States by Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorney General Reynolds, Deputy Solicitor General Ayer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Clegg, David K. Flynn, and Charles A. Shanor; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council by Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, Edward E. Potter, and Garen E. Dodge; for the American Society for Personnel Administration et al. 3 Washington v. Davis, The district court found that opinions of Plaintiffs' expert were more persuasive that MWS's expert. U.S., at 332 in addition to prohibiting intentional discrimination against older workers (known as "disparate treatment"), the adea prohibits practices that, although facially neutral with regard to age, have the effect of harming older workers more than younger workers (known as "disparate impact"), unless the employer can show that the practice is based on Unlike a [487 U.S. 977, 980] disparate-treatment claim of intentional discrimination, which a prima facie case establishes only by inference, the disparate impact caused by an employment practice is directly established by the numerical disparity shown by the prima facie case, and the employer can avoid liability only if it can prove that the . U.S. 977, 1000] Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters, In that context, it is enough for an employer "to articulate some legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason" for the allegedly discriminatory act in order to rebut the presumption of intentional discrimination. 189, 205-207 (1983); Shoben, Differential Pass-Fail Rates in Employment Testing: Statistical Proof Under Title VII, 91 Harv. [ U.S. 568 (1986); the presentation of expert testimony, 777 F.2d, at 219-222, 224-225 (criminal justice scholars' testimony explaining job-relatedness of college-degree requirement and psychologist's testimony explaining job-relatedness of prohibition on recent marijuana use); and prior successful experience, Zahorik v. Cornell University, 729 F.2d 85, 96 (CA2 1984) ("generations" of experience reflecting job-relatedness of decentralized decisionmaking structure based on peer judgments in academic setting), can all be used, under appropriate circumstances, to establish business necessity. (1987). If Sandoval is applied in this context, private plaintiffs will no longer be able to sue to enforce those regulations. Washington v. Davis, tised the 1991 Act as a bill that would return disparate impact analy-sis to its pre-Ward's Cove status, in reality, the Act largely represents a compromise. Congress expressly provided that Title VII not be read to require preferential treatment or numerical quotas. Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. (1975) (written aptitude tests); Washington v. Davis, supra (written test of verbal skills); Dothard v. Rawlinson, U.S., at 254 Nor has a consensus developed around any alternative mathematical standard. (1971) ("Congress has placed on the employer the burden of showing that any given requirement must have a manifest relationship to the employment in question") (emphasis added in each quotation). . Albemarle Paper Co., Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody, It concluded, on the evidence presented at trial, that Watson had established a prima facie case of employment discrimination, but that the Brief for the American Psychological Association as Amicus Curiae 2. In certain cases, facially neutral employment practices that have significant adverse effects on protected groups have been held to violate the Act without proof allow for men to be excluded from day care workers' positions. Watson filed a discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This lesson should not be forgotten simply because the "fair form" is a subjective one. Unless an employment practice producing the disparate effect is justified by "business necessity," ibid., it violates Title VII, for "good intent or absence of discriminatory intent does not redeem U.S., at 715 [487 In so doing, the plurality projects an application of disparate-impact analysis to subjective employment practices that I find to be inconsistent with the proper evidentiary standards and with the central purpose of Title VII. Dothard v. Rawlinson, 457 Connecticut v. Teal, U.S. 229, 253 401 U.S. 1109 457 Answer the following questions about the diatonic modes. U.S. 977, 997] . Bottom line theory- invalid because the focus is on the discrimination against the individual, not only the ultimate result. . 0000000016 00000 n ] I have no quarrel with the plurality's characterization of the plaintiff's burden of establishing that any disparity is significant. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. U.S. 977, 1011] Cf. 798 F.2d 791 (1986). But again the plurality misses a key distinction: An employer accused of discriminating intentionally need only dispute that it had any such intent - which it can do by offering any legitimate, nondiscriminatory justification. A third decision, confirming that the Fair Housing Act prohibits not only policies that intend to perpetuate racial . U.S., at 432 AFN comment: This decision was closely watched in the auto finance industry because earlier disparate impact cases were settled before they reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The 5-4 ruling endorses the notion of citing disparate impact in housing cases, meaning that statistics and other evidence can be used to show decisions and practices have discriminatory effects . [487 Click the card to flip . (1986) (O'CONNOR, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). U.S. 977, 1004] What is the employer's defense in disparate impact cases? been framed in terms of any rigid mathematical formula, have consistently stressed that statistical disparities must be sufficiently substantial that they raise such an inference of causation. Footnote 8 After a trial of nine days with twenty witnesses and two experts, the district court ruled that Plaintiffs had presented a prima facie case of disparate impact discrimination, and that they were entitled to judgment on their class claims. For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court is poised to review a case that challenges whether the concept of "disparate impact" can be used to enforce the 1968 Fair Housing Act. U.S. 977, 991] 433 Land, Norman Redlich, William L. Robinson, Judith A. Winston, and Richard T. Seymour; and for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) the primary agency charged with administering Title IX has issued regulations, like those under Title VI, that prohibit "disparate impact" discrimination. U.S. 1004 In Griggs itself, for example, the employer had a history of overt racial discrimination that predated the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 0000002652 00000 n 798 F.2d, at 797. U.S., at 431 [ -256 (1981), than it does to those the Court has established for disparate-impact claims. 433 We agree that the inevitable focus on statistics in disparate impact cases could put undue pressure on employers to adopt inappropriate prophylactic measures. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. U.S. 977, 998] 947, 987-988 (1982) (discussing feasibility of validating subjective hiring assessments). 401 Click the card to flip . 0000002895 00000 n - identify a facially neutral practice. Connecticut v. Teal, See also id., at 338-339 (REHNQUIST, J., concurring in result and concurring in part) ("If the defendants in a Title VII suit believe there to be any reason to discredit plaintiffs' statistics that does not appear on their face, the opportunity to challenge them is available to the defendants just as in any other lawsuit. In February 1980, she sought to become supervisor of the tellers in the main lobby; a white male, however, was selected for this job. U.S. 977, 1003] See, e. g., Bushey v. New York State Civil Service Comm'n, 733 F.2d 220, 225-226 (CA2 1984), cert. However one might distinguish "subjective" from "objective" criteria, it is apparent that selection systems that combine both types would generally have to be considered subjective in nature. U.S. 977, 989] Especially in relatively small businesses like respondent's, it may be customary and quite reasonable simply to delegate employment decisions to those employees who are most familiar with the jobs to be filled and with the candidates for those jobs. v. Civil Service Comm'n of New York, 630 F.2d 79, 86, and n. 4 (CA2 1980) (same), cert. U.S. 321, 329 The Bank, which has about 80 employees, had not developed precise and formal criteria for evaluating candidates for the positions for which Watson unsuccessfully applied. Having decided that disparate impact analysis may in principle be applied to subjective as well as to objective practices, we turn to the evidentiary standards that should apply in such cases. 0000001022 00000 n , n. 5 (1981) (recognizing, in the context of articulating allocation of burdens applicable to disparate-treatment claims, that "the factual issues, and therefore the character of the evidence presented, differ when the plaintiff claims that a facially neutral employment policy has a discriminatory impact on protected classes"); United States Postal Service Bd. Another fourteen challenged policies or regulations on the basis of disparate impact against persons with disabilities.233 Although not all disparate impact claims (1973), and Texas Dept. Ante, at 999. The United States Supreme Court recently held that the disparate impact theory of recovery, which generally refers to claims for "unintentional discrimination," applies to cases brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). clear that this effect itself runs afoul of Title VII unless it is "necessary to safe and efficient job performance." (1977) (issue is whether "a company's business necessitates the adoption of particular leave policies"); Griggs v. Duke Power Co., HWnH|W#t1A>TVk~#l@3w7!etG77BZn&xHbZ(5olQBokzMQ}ra4{t5><>|H>(?W_V{z0?]d[hsLZQ!)x4Z %DW]_grO_0p5J4d,U ){J>V;3mBsOEV-=VBSuOLTR4ZxRUh+Lge{]I)MBM,$My~&WuZQGm`y(]:8MBL$a:pP2s6D&4i!mJ_;6LT)f!2w3m$ $d*4. for the courts, see, e. g., Clady v. County of Los Angeles, 770 F.2d 1421, 1428-1429 (CA9 1985), cert. Can subjective and discretionary employment practices be analyzed under the disparate impact theory? The employer must have a STRONG BASIS IN EVIDENCE to believe that it would be subject to disparate impact liability before abandoning a selection decide to the detriment of non-minorities. Other Courts of Appeals have held that disparate impact analysis may be applied to hiring or promotion systems that involve the use of "discretionary" or "subjective" criteria. U.S. 324, 340 Congress has specifically provided that employers are not required to avoid "disparate impact" as such: We do not believe that disparate impact theory need have any chilling effect on legitimate business practices. 124 0 obj<>stream by Deborah A. Ellis, Isabelle Katz Pinzler, and Joan E. Bertin; for the American Psychological Association by Donald N. Bersoff; for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law by John Townsend Rich, Conrad K. Harper, Stuart J. 2. In Griggs, for example, we examined "requirements [that] operate[d] to disqualify Negroes at a substantially higher rate than white applicants." Similarly, statistics based on an applicant pool containing individuals lacking minimal qualifications for the job would be of little probative value. Thus, for example, if the employer in Griggs had consistently preferred applicants who had a high school diploma U.S. 977, 982]. After exhausting her administrative remedies, she filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. - Establish a causal connection between the policy and the disparity. 485 Cf. See, e. g., Atonio v. Wards Cove Packing Co., 810 F.2d 1477 (CA9) (en banc), on return to panel, 827 F.2d 439 HUD's disparate impact regulation was finalized in 2013, at which time the vast majority of federal courts of appeals had agreed that the FHA prohibits any practice that produces a discriminatory effect, regardless of discriminatory intent, but had taken various different approaches to determining liability under an "effects" standard. In the following illustrative examples of agency approaches to defining adverse disparate impact in specific applications, agencies have identified specific impacts prohibited by Title VI; identified factors they will consider in making such determinations on a case by case basis; and required (or recommended) that their recipients establish formal definitions. is a term that refers to certain situations in which an employer may legally require that employees be of a certain sex, religion, or age. The plurality's suggestion that the employer does not bear the burden of making this showing cannot be squared with our prior cases. The majority insists that disparate-impact claims are consistent with the FHA's central purpose to eradicate discriminatory practices within a sector of our Nation's economy. . [487 2000e et seq., is flatly Of course, in such circumstances, the employer would bear the burden of establishing that an absence of specified criteria was necessary for the proper functioning of the business. (1978) (hiring decisions based on personal knowledge of candidates and recommendations); Texas Dept. 478 Our cases since Griggs make In another case, Cureton v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (1999), the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a bylaw of the NCAA that required prospective student athletes to achieve a score of at least 820 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in order to receive athletic scholarships and financial aid could not be challenged on disparate-impact grounds (as a violation of Title VI), because the single program for which the NCAA received federal funding was unrelated to athletic scholarships and financial aid. Other courts said that while evidence of disparate impact might be sufficient to establish a prima facie case, the defendants would be entitled to rebut that case by demonstrating, inter alia . What is the prima facie case of disparate impact. Still, the theory remains underutilized as a tool to combat policies that adversely impact one or more protected classes or perpetuate segregated housing patterns. U.S. 977, 987] U.S., at 329 In Wards Cove Packing Co., Inc. v. Atonio (1989), the Supreme Court imposed significant limitations on the theory of disparate impact. . Courts have also referred to the "standard deviation" analysis sometimes used in jury-selection cases. It would be equally unrealistic to suppose that employers can eliminate, or discover and explain, the myriad of innocent causes that may lead to statistical imbalances in the composition of their work forces. 0 See, e. g., Carroll v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 708 F.2d 183, 189 (CA5 1983) ("The flaw in the plaintiffs' proof was its failure to establish the required causal connection between the challenged employment practice (testing) and discrimination in the work force. Thus, when a plaintiff has made out a prima facie case of disparate impact, and when the defendant has met its burden of producing evidence that its employment practices are based on legitimate business reasons, the plaintiff must "show that other tests or selection devices, without a similarly undesirable racial effect, would also serve the employer's legitimate interest in efficient and trustworthy workmanship." 411 Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 7. See Teamsters v. United States, U.S., at 250 The court decided that the disparate impact was justifiable, because strength and size constituted bona fide occupational requirements for a job that involved maintaining order in prisons. It may be that the relevant data base is too small to permit any meaningful statistical analysis, but we leave the Court of Appeals to decide in the first instance, on the basis of the record and the principles announced today, whether this case can be resolved without further proceedings in the District Court. Age Discrimination "JPL systemically laid off employees over the age of 40 in favor of retaining younger employees. Under Title VII, the parties covered include the following: All companies and labor unions employing over 15 employees, Employment agencies, State and local government, and Apprenticeship programs. It does not follow, however, that the particular supervisors to whom this discretion is delegated always act without discriminatory intent. At FindLaw.com, we pride ourselves on being the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web. App. The Court's decision is, needless to say, disappointing. employment procedures or testing mechanisms that operate as `built-in headwinds' for minority groups." [487 U.S. 792, 802 A facially neutral employment practice is one that does not appear to be discriminatory on its face; rather it is one that is discriminatory in its application or effect. An employee subjected to disparate treatment is being discriminated against intentionally. Updates? . 0000006009 00000 n . ] In McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, Disability laws also prohibit disparate impacts. For example, in the case of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by any institution receiving as little as one dollar in federal funds, the U.S. Department of Education promulgated Title VI regulations that prohibit criteria or methods of administration which have the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination because of their race, color, or national origin. Disparate-impact analysis also has been incorporated into regulations issued by federal agencies to implement Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a sister statute of Title VI, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any program or activity at educational institutions that receive federal funds. U.S. 1116 450 St. Louis v. United States, If an employment practice which operates to exclude [members of a protected group] cannot be shown to be related to job performance, the practice is prohibited. The court found that the two requirements imposed by the company were not related to job performance, noting that many white employees who were not high-school graduates had been performing well in the higher-paying departments. 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