Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Humane Society v. New Jersey Fish & Game Council

429 U.S. 1032

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1977-01-10
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding defense of qualified immunity available in Title VII suit for backpay against individual school board members; specific issue whether Title VII authorizes backpay awards against such officials neither raised nor decided
  • taking into account conveyance to district's board of commissioners all powers "of a body corporate” in concluding that hospital district is not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity
  • court upheld dismissal of homosexual who engaged in “notorious conduct and open flaunting and careless display of unorthodox sexual conduct in public.”
  • school officials entitled to official immunity despite having violated Title VII by denying sick leave to pregnant teacher
  • denial of sick leave to pregnant teachers upheld in the face of a Title VII attack
  • rational connection required between conduct complained of and grounds for discharge of civilian employee
  • Statute limiting appointment to Fish and Game Commission to farmers, sportsmen and commercial fisheries held within Salyer exception because of specialized subject matter not within normal governmental services

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Humane Society v. New Jersey Fish & Game Council. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Authority status
pending
Cited by
41 opinions

Appeal from Sup. Ct. N. J. dismissed for want of substantial federal question.