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APRIL 25, 2001 By a 5-4 vote split along conservative-liberal lines, the Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the types of lawsuits individuals may bring under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. While a person may a federally funded state agency for discrimination based on race, he or she may not sue alleging general impacts on a minority group as a whole, ruled the Court. In the case in question, the Court said an Alabama woman, an immigrant from Mexico, can't sue the state for requiring her to take a driver's license test in English. The woman said the policy has a "disparate impact" on non-English speakers but the Court said Title VI of the 1964 law doesn't authorize such suits against federally funded state agencies. Get the Case:
ALEXANDER v. SANDOVAL, No 99-1908 (U.S.S.C April 24, 2001) Get the Story:
Justices Limit Bias Suits Under Civil Rights Act (The Washington Post 4/25)
Civil rights lawsuits limited
Facebook TwitterAPRIL 25, 2001 By a 5-4 vote split along conservative-liberal lines, the Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the types of lawsuits individuals may bring under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. While a person may a federally funded state agency for discrimination based on race, he or she may not sue alleging general impacts on a minority group as a whole, ruled the Court. In the case in question, the Court said an Alabama woman, an immigrant from Mexico, can't sue the state for requiring her to take a driver's license test in English. The woman said the policy has a "disparate impact" on non-English speakers but the Court said Title VI of the 1964 law doesn't authorize such suits against federally funded state agencies. Get the Case:
ALEXANDER v. SANDOVAL, No 99-1908 (U.S.S.C April 24, 2001) Get the Story:
Justices Limit Bias Suits Under Civil Rights Act (The Washington Post 4/25)
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