Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Abstract
In the Supreme Court's 1997 Term, the Supreme Court had decided a record number of statutory discrimination cases. However, that record was exceeded in the Supreme Court's 1998 Term with the Court addressing issues arising under Title VII, which covers discrimination in employment; Title IX, which covers discrimination in schools; and most significantly, the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination based on disability. Overall, the term scored significant victories for employers who were given considerable latitude to set their own physical characteristic standards and who were, to a large extent, immunized from liability for punitive damages. There was an unmistakable federalism motif playing in the background of some of these discrimination cases, which are discussed within this Article.
Recommended Citation
16 Touro L. Rev. 345 (2000)
Source Publication
16 Touro L. Rev. 345
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