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Court Case Of Griggs V. Duke Power Co., 401 US

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The Supreme Court case, Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 4242 (1971) was argued on December 14, 1970 (Justia Law, 2017). This case was brought to the legal system by Negro employees who believed they were being discriminated against by their employer. The Duke Power Plant in question was its Dan River Steam Station, were they had 95 employees and 14 of said employees were Negros and of this number only 13 were petitioners. Essential Duke had organized its plant into five operating departments: Labor, Coal Handling, Operations, Maintenance, and Laboratory and Test (Anon, 2017). The Negro’s were hired to work in the labor department and wouldn’t be able to advance if they didn’t have the requirements: a high school diploma or to take an aptitude test (Justia Law, 2017). Also, prior to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (the Civil Rights act) 42 U.S. C2000e et seq., Duke Power Co. 9Duke) (Defendant) maintained a policy of open discrimination against black employees (Justia Law, 2017). In 1955 is when Duke began requiring a high school degree for placement in any …show more content…

For the most part the opinion of the court in the Griggs case; held that the burden of establishing an employment requirement’s relationship to the performance of a job lies on the employer (Justia Law, 2017). Also, before Griggs, the employees or applicant had the burden of establishing a discriminatory intent behind an employment requirement (Justia Law, 2017). The Court concluded that the subtle, illegal, purpose of these requirements was a safeguard Duke’s long-standing policy to give job preference to its white employees (Justia Law,

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