Burden of Proof in Racial Discrimination Actions Brought under the Civil Rights Acts of 1886 and 1870: Disproportionate Impact or Discriminatory Purpose?.

Fluckiger, Stephen L.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Burden of Proof in Racial Discrimination Actions Brought under the Civil Rights Acts of 1886 and 1870: Disproportionate Impact or Discriminatory Purpose?

Fluckiger, Stephen L.

Brigham Young University Law Review, v1978 n4 p1030-58 1978

Compares the origin and development of the two evidentiary theories, discriminatory purpose and disproportionate impact, discusses lower court responses to "Washington vs Davis" in cases brought under the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1870, and compares the conflicting notions of equality that underlie the two evidentiary theories. Journal availabilty: see EA 511 535. ($5.00 per issue) (Author/IRT)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Federal Legislation, Racial Discrimination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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