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A Case Summary Of Phillips V. Martin Marietta Corp.

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I. Case Citation
The case being investigated is Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.
II. Facts about the case:
The case Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp is a case about gender-discrimination upon applying for a job. The ruling that made the most impact was the ruling of the Supreme Court in 1971.
The reason for the case is the Ida Phillips felt that the Martin Marietta Corporation did not offer her a job because of her sex. But not just because she was a woman, but because she had a pre-school aged child.
Ida Phillips actually could not have been more correct to her knowledge. Little did she know that Martin Marietta did not like to employ mothers with young children. He specifically did not like to hire women under these qualifications because …show more content…

Therefore, Phillips did what any normal woman would do, she turned around and filed a lawsuit against Martin Marietta Corp. for gender-discrimination. Her main point was that the corporation was violating Title VII from the Civil Right Act of 1964. She did not understand why she could not get a job just because she has a pre-school aged child. Martin had no problem hiring women with older children or no children at all. Or to top it off, what if Ida Phillips’ husband had applied. He could have gotten the job, because he was a man with a pre-school aged …show more content…

This is when the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the previous ruling and denied a hearing. This meant that the court agreed with the previous ruling and would not give the time of day for another hearing.
While Phillips could not file for an appeal, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed and were approved. The appeal was picked up by the United States Supreme Court
III. Court’s Decision
The United States Supreme Court overturned the previous rulings on the case. Eight of the Supreme Court justices agreed on the decision. The Supreme Courts main reason for this is that Martin still hired man with pre-school aged children. Since Martin Marietta corp. still hired men with pre-school aged children, that is what through the bona fide occupational qualification. If Martin Marietta corp. would have not hired men with pre-school aged children, then the bona fide occupational qualification would have caused for a different ruling in the case.
IV. Laws applying to Case:
The laws that apply to this case are Title VII of the Civil Right Act of

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