Piscataway School Board v. Taxman
| Piscataway School Board v. Taxman | |
|---|---|
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | |
| Keywords | |
| Affirmative action |
Piscataway School Board v. Taxman,
3d Cir. 1996)[1] is a United States labor law case on racial discrimination, that began in 1989 against the Piscataway Township Schools
.
Facts
The school board of
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
, and was given authority to file suit against the board.
Judgment
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in favor of Taxman.
Significance
The school board appealed to the
United States Supreme Court and a hearing was scheduled for January 1998, but civil rights groups, fearing that the case could lead to the prohibition of affirmative action, provided money for the board to settle the case out of court, so the case was never heard.[2]
Taxman was subsequently rehired, and later reassigned to Conackamack Middle School.
Williams retired at the conclusion of the 2009–2010 school year.
See also
Notes
- ^ Piscataway School Board v. Taxman, 91 F.3d 1547 (3d Cir. 1996).
- ^ Biskupic, Joan. "Rights Groups Pay To Settle Bias Case", The Washington Post, November 22, 1997, p. A01 . Accessed June 19, 2007.
External links
- 96-679 In the Supreme Court of the United States
- Piscataway v. Taxman on Project LEGAL
- Text of Piscataway School Board v. Taxman, 91 F.3d 1547 (3d Cir. 1996) is available from: CourtListener Justia OpenJurist Google Scholar
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