Statute and Case Law Relationship

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This paper provide a brief summary and identify the statute pertaining to race discrimination between Dayton, Police Department and Police Major Barbara Temple.

This writer will provide a brief summary and identify the statue pertaining to race discrimination in this law case study. This writer will also explain and examine how the statue is related to this case study. Final this writer will deliver an outcome of the case involving Case #49: Dayton, Ohio Police Department vs. Police Major Barbara Temple.

Statutory Basis

To begin the writer must first describe the statue that is in question. Below is a brief summary explaining the statue in detail. Dayton, Ohio Police Major Temple filed a lawsuit pertaining to this statue. This case is very interested because it adds a twist to how the statue was design in the first place.

Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964

(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer-

(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin: or

(2) to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his statute as an employee, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. sec 2000e et seq., 703(a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in housing, education, employment, public accommodations, and the receipt of federal funds on the basis or race, color, gender, national origin, or religion. Although five categories of...