United States Supreme Court

In a Title VII action challenging Chicago's practice of selecting only applicants who scored 89 or above on a written examination because of its disparate impact on African-Americans, the Seventh Circuit's reversal of judgment for plaintiff is reversed where a plaintiff who does not file a timely charge challenging the adoption of a practice may assert a disparate impact claim in a timely charge challenging the employer's later application of that practice as long as he alleges each of the elements of a disparate impact claim.

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• Decided 05/24/2010
• Published 05/24/2010

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• United States Supreme Court

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