Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Williams v. Hevi-Duty Electric Co.

Williams v. Hevi-Duty Elec. Co., 484 U.S. 970 (1987)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-11-30
Topic
general

construing parallel provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e | reference to the rights of the victim's family during the prosecutor's sentencing argument did not violate Booth | individual defendant is not Title VII “employer” because the “employer ... is the one against whom affirmative relief, including backpay, may be adjudged” | this aggravating circumstance supported death sentence where victim shot in his home | plant manager not an employer within meaning of Title VII | prior conviction of a violent felony

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C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.