Title VII - standing - Fourth Circuit denies standing to white men advancing claim of hostile environment due to discrimination against coworkers

Article Abstract:

The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit divided evenly in Childress v. City of Richmond in 1998 and thus affirmed the district court's denial of standing to white male plaintiffs who alleged employment discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The men claimed their supervisor's racist and sexist comments created a hostile atmosphere. The ruling betrays an insufficient regard for the importance of a discrimination-free workplace.

Standing (Law)

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Title VII -- Fourth Circuit holds that post-IRCA, undocumented aliens cannot establish prima facie case of retaliatory refusal to hire under Title VII

Article Abstract:

The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled, in Egbuna v. Time-Life Libraries, Inc., in 1998, that undocumented aliens could not make out a prima facie case of Title VII employment discrimination because of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), which banned the hiring of illegal aliens. The Court erroneously concluded that Title VII inevitably conflicts with IRCA and would have to be subordinated to it.

Interpretation and construction, Illegal immigrants, Emigration and immigration law, Immigration law

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