DEWEY
v.
REYNOLDS METALS CO.
DEWEY
REYNOLDS METALS CO.
402 U.S. 689
Supreme Court of the United States (1971)
Negative Treatment
Also reported at: 29 L. Ed. 2d 267 · 91 S. Ct. 2186 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 1798 · SCDB 1970-117
Cited by 137 cases
Per_curiam
Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
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Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324 (U.S. 1977)…tion was added “to provide the statutory basis for EEOC to formulate guidelines on discrimination because of religion such as those challenged in Dewey v. Reynolds Metal Company, 429 F. 2d [324] (6th Cir. 1970), Affirmed by an equally divided court, 402 U. S. 689 (1971).” 118 Cong. Rec. 7167 (1972) (Section-by-Section Analysis of H. R. 1746, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, prepared by Sens. Williams and Javits). Dewey had questioned the authority of the EEOC to define “religion” to encompass re…
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Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co., 415 U.S. 36 (U.S. 1974)…e arbitration hearing. 346 F. Supp., at 1014. The District Court recognized that a conflict of authorities existed on this issue but chose to rely on Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Co., 429 F. 2d 324, 332 (CA6 1970), affirmed by an equally divided Court, 402 U. S. 689 (1971). There, the Sixth Circuit held that prior submission of an employee’s claim to arbitration under a collective-bargaining agreement precluded a later suit under Title VII. The Sixth Circuit appears to have since retreated in part from Dewey…1 / 2
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Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison, 432 U.S. 63 (U.S. 1977)…as conflicting results, ante, at 75 n. 10. And on two occasions this Court has attempted to provide guidance to the lower courts, only to find ourselves evenly divided. Parker Seal Co. v. Cummins, 429 U. S. 65 (1976); Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Co., 402 U. S. 689 (1971). Today's decision deals a fatal blow to all efforts under Title VII to accommodate work requirements to religious practices. The Court holds, in essence, that although the EEOC regulations and the Act state that an employer must make reasona…1 / 4
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