Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1971-03-08

Cited by 3,590 later decision(s) in our corpus · see the citation network in Lexace

Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this case

From the opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted the writ in this case to resolve the question whether an employer is prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, from requiring a high school edu *426 cation or passing of a standardized general i…

Read the full opinion (source) ↗


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Citation figures are counts of later citing opinions in our corpus and may be incomplete; always read and Shepardize the full opinion before relying on it.