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Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp. | |
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Argued December 9, 1970 Decided January 25, 1971 | |
Full case name | Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corporation |
Citations | 400 U.S. 542 (more) 91 S. Ct. 496; 27 L. Ed. 2d 613 |
Holding | |
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer may not, in the absence of business necessity, refuse to hire women with pre-school-age children while hiring men with such children. | |
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Concurrence | Marshall |
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Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII |
Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp., 400 U.S. 542 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court landmark case in which the Court held that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer may not, in the absence of business necessity, refuse to hire women with pre-school-age children while hiring men with such children. It was the first sex discrimination case under Title VII to reach the Court.