Spero v. Abbott Laboratories’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Williams v. General Foods Corp. · 4 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1255, 5 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7956 Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, Sylvia Roberts, Counsel for Lorena W. Weeks · Wright v. Standard Oil Company, Inc
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]n private engagements counsel may withdraw if advice (even to settle) is not followed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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