patterson
mclean
credit
union
argued
february
decided
june
petitioner
black
woman
employed
respondent
credit
union
teller
file
coordinator
years
laid
thereafter
brought
action
district
alleging
respondent
harassed
failed
promote
accounting
clerk
discharged
race
district
determined
claim
racial
harassment
actionable
declined
submit
part
case
jury
instructed
jury
inter
alia
order
prevail
claim
petitioner
prove
better
qualified
white
employee
allegedly
received
promotion
jury
found
respondent
claim
well
petitioner
claim
appeals
affirmed
judgment
favor
respondent
held
overrule
decision
runyon
mccrary
prohibits
racial
discrimination
making
enforcement
private
contracts
stare
decisis
compels
adhere
interpretation
absent
special
justification
burden
borne
party
advocating
abandonment
established
precedent
greater
asked
overrule
point
statutory
construction
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interpretation
may
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congress
special
justification
shown
overruling
runyon
undermined
subsequent
changes
development
law
proved
unworkable
pose
obstacle
realization
objectives
embodied
statutes
particularly
title
vii
civil
rights
act
furthermore
runyon
entirely
consistent
society
deep
commitment
eradication
discrimination
pp
racial
harassment
relating
conditions
employment
actionable
provides
persons
shall
right
make
enforce
contracts
enjoyed
white
citizens
provision
apply
conduct
occurs
formation
contract
interfere
right
enforce
established
contract
obligations
pp
since
restricted
scope
forbidding
racial
discrimination
mak
ing
enforce
ment
contracts
construed
general
proscription
discrimination
aspects
contract
relations
provides
relief
alleged
discriminatory
act
involve
impairment
one
specified
rights
right
make
contracts
extends
formation
contract
prohibition
encompasses
discriminatory
refusal
enter
contract
someone
well
offer
make
contract
discriminatory
terms
right
extend
conduct
employer
contract
relation
established
including
breach
contract
terms
imposition
discriminatory
working
conditions
right
enforce
contracts
embraces
protection
judicial
nonjudicial
legal
process
right
access
process
address
resolve
claims
without
regard
race
extend
beyond
conduct
employer
impairs
employee
ability
enforce
legal
process
established
contract
rights
pp
thus
petitioner
racial
harassment
claim
actionable
possible
exception
claim
respondent
refusal
promote
discriminatory
none
conduct
alleges
supervisor
periodically
stared
minutes
time
gave
work
white
employees
assigned
tasks
given
white
employees
subjected
racial
slur
singled
criticism
afforded
training
higher
level
jobs
denied
wage
increases
involves
either
refusal
make
contract
ability
enforce
established
contract
rights
rather
conduct
alleged
postformation
conduct
employer
relating
terms
conditions
continuing
employment
actionable
expansive
reach
title
vii
interpreting
cover
postformation
conduct
unrelated
employee
right
enforce
contract
inconsistent
statute
limitations
also
undermine
title
vii
detailed
procedures
administrative
conciliation
resolution
claims
since
requires
administrative
review
opportunity
conciliation
pp
merit
contention
right
phrase
must
interpreted
incorporate
state
contract
law
racial
harassment
conditions
employment
actionable
amounts
breach
contract
state
law
theory
contradicts
runyon
assuming
prohibitions
limited
protections
moreover
racial
harassment
amounting
breach
contract
like
racial
harassment
alone
impairs
neither
right
make
right
enforce
contract
addition
theory
unjustifiably
federalize
breach
contract
claims
racial
animus
alleged
since
covers
types
contracts
also
without
merit
argument
interpreted
reach
racial
harassment
sufficiently
severe
pervasive
effectively
belie
claim
contract
entered
racially
neutral
manner
although
racial
harassment
may
used
evidence
divergence
explicit
terms
particular
contracts
explained
racial
animus
amorphous
manipulable
severe
pervasive
standard
used
transform
nonactionable
challenge
employment
conditions
viable
challenge
employer
refusal
contract
pp
district
erred
instructed
jury
petitioner
prove
better
qualified
white
employee
allegedly
received
accounting
clerk
promotion
pp
discriminatory
promotion
claims
actionable
promotion
rises
level
opportunity
new
distinct
relation
employer
employee
respondent
never
argued
petitioner
promotion
claim
cognizable
pp
title
vii
framework
proof
applies
claims
racial
discrimination
thus
make
prima
facie
case
petitioner
need
prove
preponderance
evidence
applied
qualified
available
position
rejected
employer
either
continued
seek
applicants
position
alleged
filled
position
white
employee
establishment
prima
facie
case
creates
inference
discrimination
employer
may
rebut
articulating
legitimate
nondiscriminatory
reason
action
respondent
presenting
evidence
promoted
white
applicant
better
qualified
job
thereafter
however
petitioner
opportunity
demonstrate
respondent
proffered
reasons
decision
true
reasons
variety
types
evidence
employee
introduce
show
employer
stated
reasons
pretextual
plaintiff
may
limited
presenting
evidence
certain
type
thus
district
erred
instructing
jury
petitioner
carry
burden
persuasion
showing
fact
better
qualified
person
got
job
pp
kennedy
delivered
opinion
rehnquist
white
scalia
joined
brennan
filed
opinion
concurring
judgment
part
dissenting
part
marshall
blackmun
joined
parts
iii
stevens
joined
post
stevens
filed
opinion
concurring
judgment
part
dissenting
part
post
julius
levonne
chambers
reargued
cause
petitioner
penda
hair
argued
cause
petitioner
original
argument
briefs
charles
stephen
ralston
gail
wright
eric
schnapper
ronald
ellis
harold
kennedy
iii
harvey
kennedy
roger
kaplan
reargued
cause
respondent
lee
davis
argued
cause
respondent
original
argument
briefs
george
doughton
anthony
atlas
gary
kessler
earl
maltz
briefs
amici
curiae
urging
reversal
filed
solicitor
general
fried
assistant
attorney
general
reynolds
deputy
solicitor
general
ayer
deputy
assistant
attorney
general
clegg
glen
nager
jessica
dunsay
silver
american
civil
liberties
union
foundation
et
al
steven
shapiro
john
powell
helen
hershkoff
adam
stein
robert
williams
douglas
mcdowell
lorence
kessler
filed
brief
equal
employment
advisory
council
amicus
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affirmance
briefs
amici
curiae
filed
members
senate
et
al
john
pickering
timothy
dyk
james
coleman
john
payton
kerry
kircher
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levi
laurence
tribe
william
taylor
state
new
york
et
al
robert
abrams
attorney
general
new
york
peter
sherwood
solicitor
general
suzanne
lynn
sanford
cohen
assistant
attorneys
general
james
shannon
attorney
general
massachusetts
barbara
dickey
douglas
shwarz
assistant
attorneys
general
hubert
humphrey
iii
attorney
general
minnesota
robert
spire
attorney
general
nebraska
dave
frohnmayer
attorney
general
oregon
travis
medlock
attorney
general
south
carolina
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cody
attorney
general
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siegelman
attorney
general
alabama
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berg
schaible
attorney
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steven
clark
attorney
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arkansas
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van
de
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attorney
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attorney
general
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attorney
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attorney
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new
hampshire
cary
edwards
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general
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jersey
lacy
thornburg
attorney
general
north
carolina
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spaeth
attorney
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celebrezze
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york
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hill
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robinson
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al
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popeo
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kamenar
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bisharat
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al
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paterson
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colley
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mcneill
iii
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harris
curtis
mccrary
et
al
gary
brown
eric
foner
et
al
richard
parsons
justice
kennedy
delivered
opinion
case
consider
important
issues
respecting
meaning
coverage
one
oldest
civil
rights
statutes
petitioner
brenda
patterson
black
woman
employed
respondent
mclean
credit
union
teller
file
coordinator
commencing
may
july
laid
termination
petitioner
commenced
action
district
middle
district
north
carolina
alleged
respondent
violation
stat
harassed
failed
promote
intermediate
accounting
clerk
position
discharged
race
petitioner
also
claimed
conduct
amounted
intentional
infliction
emotional
distress
actionable
north
carolina
tort
law
district
determined
claim
racial
harassment
actionable
declined
submit
part
case
jury
jury
receive
deliberate
upon
petitioner
claims
based
alleged
discrimination
discharge
failure
promote
found
respondent
claims
petitioner
claim
district
directed
verdict
respondent
ground
employer
conduct
rise
level
outrageousness
required
state
claim
intentional
infliction
emotional
distress
applicable
standards
north
carolina
law
appeals
petitioner
raised
two
matters
relevant
first
challenged
district
refusal
submit
jury
claim
based
racial
harassment
second
argued
district
erred
instructing
jury
order
prevail
claim
discriminatory
failure
promote
must
show
better
qualified
white
employee
alleges
promoted
stead
appeals
affirmed
racial
harassment
issue
held
instances
racial
harassment
may
implicate
terms
conditions
employment
title
vii
civil
rights
act
stat
et
seq
course
may
probative
discriminatory
intent
required
shown
action
citation
omitted
racial
harassment
cognizable
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harassment
abridge
right
make
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jury
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held
respondent
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superior
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legitimate
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reason
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decision
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burden
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show
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justification
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job
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whether
petitioner
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whether
jury
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district
petitioner
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error
oral
argument
issues
requested
parties
brief
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additional
question
whether
interpretation
adopted
runyon
mccrary
reconsidered
patterson
mclean
credit
union
ii
runyon
considered
whether
prohibits
private
schools
excluding
children
qualified
admission
solely
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held
prohibit
conduct
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already
well
established
prior
decisions
prohibits
racial
discrimination
making
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texas
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public
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title
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title
vii
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man
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within
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right
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laws
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persons
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enjoyed
white
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title
vii
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vii
civil
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prohibition
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title
vii
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rights
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title
vii
made
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senator
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law
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specifically
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provision
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title
vii
exclusive
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black
female
employee
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color
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title
vii
filing
complaint
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provisions
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rights
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employer
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amendment
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floor
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repeal
existing
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rights
laws
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overall
effort
combat
presence
employment
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referred
existing
protection
limited
amendments
title
vii
right
individuals
bring
suits
federal
courts
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acts
discrimination
including
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provided
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rights
acts
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courts
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title
vii
civil
rights
acts
mutually
exclusive
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read
together
provide
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president
amendment
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history
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title
vii
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vii
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vii
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title
vii
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vii
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vii
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vii
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