Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Benzies v. Illinois Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities
Benzies v. Ill. Dep’t of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities, 483 U.S. 1006 (1987)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1987-06-22
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- finding employer actions based on "personal or political favoritism, a grudge, random conduct, [or] an error in the administration of neutral rules” are not cognizable under Title VII, for it is "not a civil service statute" designed to remedy all ill-reasoned employer decisions
- denial of promotion to person of particular sex not violated if motivated by personal favoritism or grudge
- denial of promotion to person of particular sex not violation if motivated by personal favoritism or grudge
Citator
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.