Hammon v. Barry’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1971 (Civil Rights Act of 1957) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 707 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Washington v. Davis · Bolling v. Sharpe · Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · United Steelworkers of America v. Weber · Plessy v. Ferguson
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“(actually 37%) black representation in the Fire Department as compared with the 70% black composition of the District's workforce demonstrated discrimination. See Hammon, 813 F.2d at 441-42 (Mikva, J., dissenting); see also id. at 435. In his dissent to the denial of rehearing, however, Judge Mikva switches his statistics, claiming now that the 37% of blacks in the Fire Department, as compared to the 64.6% in the 1984 applicant pool, constitutes”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Hammon v. Barry“I must confess, is beyond me, since in the same year 78.6% of the new hires were black--a hiring rate that exceeds the composition of blacks in the applicant pool. See Hammon, 813 F.2d at 418. In fact, Judge Mikva is mixing up what economists would describe as the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Hammon v. Barry“by bringing suit include an individual's right to be free from discrimination by employers”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Hammon v. Barry
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