guardians
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civil
service
argued
november
decided
july
petitioner
black
hispanic
police
officers
appointed
new
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city
police
department
upon
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scores
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order
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officers
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organizations
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district
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city
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entities
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layoffs
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inter
alia
titles
vi
vii
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vi
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vi
relief
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proof
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vi
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vi
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suits
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vi
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vi
claim
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justice
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claim
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christopher
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american
civil
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union
et
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vilma
martinez
morris
baller
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waldman
asian
american
legal
defense
education
fund
et
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robert
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mcdowell
thomas
bagby
filed
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vi
civil
rights
act
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amended
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plaintiffs
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violations
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affirm
judgment
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judgment
accordingly
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involves
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black
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several
written
examinations
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used
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appointments
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department
department
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district
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discriminatory
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scores
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suit
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entities
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petitioners
amended
complaint
alleged
june
layoffs
violated
rights
titles
vi
vii
civil
rights
act
et
various
state
federal
laws
primary
allegation
complaint
discriminatory
impact
challenged
examinations
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hired
earlier
therefore
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petitioners
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discriminatory
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examinations
violated
title
vii
tests
disparate
impact
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minorities
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discrimination
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title
vi
objectives
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title
vi
forbids
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vi
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act
command
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members
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future
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inadequate
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remedies
including
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relief
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appropriate
redress
discrimination
violation
title
vi
congress
legislated
made
purpose
clear
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enough
federal
law
appropriate
remedies
may
fashioned
even
though
rest
inferences
otherwise
impute
congress
futility
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great
design
legislation
republic
steel
title
vi
actions
private
suits
violations
federal
statutes
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judiciary
may
employ
remedies
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reasons
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greaney
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violations
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programs
discriminatory
effect
frustrate
fundamental
purpose
title
vi
section
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title
vi
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case
borak
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statutory
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ensure
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title
vi
sheer
quantity
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programs
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enforcement
alone
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cutoff
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widely
used
retrospective
liability
title
vi
violations
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vi
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vi
civil
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title
vi
person
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vi
requirements
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title
vi
fact
applicants
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contracts
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title
vi
immediately
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sound
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district
district
noted
remedies
adopted
title
vii
suits
provide
useful
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association
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relief
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title
vi
relief
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vi
civil
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civil
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subcommittee
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general
kennedy
see
comment
geo
see
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dept
education
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housing
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health
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dept
labor
however
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prepared
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vi
reason
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vi
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title
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vi
law
kastenmeier
see
title
ix
education
amendments
rehabilitation
act
revenue
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crime
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community
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works
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congress
directed
attention
title
vi
regulations
enacting
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established
respect
racial
discrimination
title
vi
civil
rights
act
see
also
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lightfoot
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disproportionate
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racial
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rev
considerable
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metropolitan
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arlington
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discussing
title
viii
cert
denied
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even
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arguendo
title
vi
proscribe
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explained
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federal
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actual
performance
title
vi
inadequate
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vi
health
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vi
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title
ix
education
amendments
dicta
also
discuss
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appropriate
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treasury
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assurance
compliance
department
health
education
welfare
regulation
title
vi
civil
rights
act
reprinted
cappalli
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grants
appendix
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stevens
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dissenting
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task
harmonize
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title
vi
civil
rights
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reach
conclusion
answering
three
separate
questions
whether
federal
law
authorizes
private
individuals
recover
damages
injuries
caused
violations
title
vi
regulations
promulgated
thereunder
whether
title
vi
requires
recipients
federal
funds
refrain
engaging
conduct
performed
state
violate
fourteenth
amendment
whether
administrative
agency
may
validly
impose
additional
requirements
recipients
funds
agency
shall
discuss
question
turn
last
five
years
least
eight
members
endorsed
view
title
vi
well
comparable
provisions
title
ix
education
amendments
may
enforced
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authorized
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four
cases
lau
nichols
hills
gautreaux
university
california
regents
bakke
cannon
university
chicago
justice
white
suggests
plaintiffs
prevail
suits
title
vi
entitled
limited
form
prospective
relief
suggestion
somewhat
surprising
since
member
lau
bakke
cannon
mentioned
limitation
remedies
presumably
rests
belief
congress
enacting
title
vi
intended
distinguish
prospective
retroactive
relief
yet
seems
improbable
congress
contemplated
significant
unusual
limitation
forms
relief
available
victim
racial
discrimination
said
absolutely
nothing
text
statute
one
thing
conclude
cannon
congress
legislating
implied
causes
action
rule
rather
exception
reasonably
assumed
intended
beneficiaries
title
vi
able
vindicate
rights
quite
another
thing
believe
congress
substantially
qualified
assumption
thought
unnecessary
tell
judiciary
qualification
reaching
novel
conclusion
scope
available
relief
title
vi
justice
white
relies
heavily
proposition
pennhurst
state
school
hospital
halderman
establishes
presumption
limited
injunctive
relief
granted
remedy
violations
statutes
passed
pursuant
spending
power
ante
characterization
seriously
distorts
opinion
pennhurst
concerned
existence
nonexistence
statutory
rights
remedies
held
congress
presumed
created
substantive
legal
obligations
spending
power
legislation
ambiguous
state
unaware
conditions
unable
ascertain
expected
dictum
went
speculate
injunction
requiring
state
provide
appropriate
treatment
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restrictive
environment
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improper
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amendment
prohibits
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courts
requiring
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money
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justice
white
divines
general
principle
statutory
interpretation
discussion
eleventh
amendment
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amendment
obviously
relevance
title
vi
litigation
certainly
implicated
suit
officials
agencies
city
new
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fathom
supposition
congress
regularly
analogizes
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amendment
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power
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nothing
text
legislative
history
title
vi
suggest
congress
even
settled
title
vi
authorizes
appropriate
relief
prospective
retroactive
victims
racial
discrimination
hands
recipients
federal
funds
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follow
case
petitioners
sought
relief
title
vi
applies
recipients
federal
funds
governs
different
class
persons
act
color
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ordinance
regulation
custom
usage
state
territory
past
decisions
establish
respondent
police
department
case
bound
well
title
vi
monell
new
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city
dept
social
services
past
decisions
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since
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relief
private
parties
injured
violations
title
vi
whether
petitioners
within
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class
course
another
question
turn
ii
university
california
regents
bakke
four
justices
expressed
opinion
title
vi
prohibition
racial
discrimination
significantly
broader
protection
provided
equal
protection
clause
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five
members
unequivocally
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judgment
justice
powell
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history
title
vi
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view
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title
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title
vi
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title
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title
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