Wilma Cumpiano A/K/A Wilma Cumpiano Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1990-05-04

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SELYA, Circuit Judge. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e through 2000e-17 (Title VII), is the mainstay of the reticulation of laws which Congress enacted to end discrimination in the workplace. Concerned that Title VII’s reach was too narrowly phrased, Congress later amended the statute to make manifest that discrimination “because of sex” or “on the bas…

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