Broadening Access to the Courts and Clarifying Judicial Standards: Sex Discrimination Cases in the 1978-1979 Supreme Court Term

Authors

Janice M. Hamilton, University of Richmond
Janine S. Hiller, University of Richmond
Joyce Ann Naumann, University of Richmond
Barbara H. Vann, University of Richmond

Abstract

During the 1978-79 Term of the Supreme Court, sex discrimination continued to be an area of active judicial concern, with the Court deciding eight cases alleging unlawful sex discrimination. The purpose of this note is to present the Court's holdings and its rationale in these decisions, to analyze the significance of the decisions in view of the Court's past rulings, and to suggest possible implications for future sex discrimination cases.

Recommended Citation

Janice M. Hamilton, Janine S. Hiller, Joyce A. Naumann & Barbara H. Vann, Broadening Access to the Courts and Clarifying Judicial Standards: Sex Discrimination Cases in the 1978-1979 Supreme Court Term, 14 U. Rich. L. Rev. 515 (1980).
Available at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol14/iss3/4