Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent
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The Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent is Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s influential Supreme Court opinion criticizing restrictive limits on pay discrimination claims and helping spur the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | United States Supreme Court judicial opinion ⓘ |
| addresses |
gender-based pay discrimination
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systemic workplace discrimination ⓘ |
| advocatesFor | broad construction of remedial civil rights statutes ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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employment discrimination law ⓘ |
| argues | each discriminatory paycheck should be treated as a separate unlawful employment practice ⓘ |
| authoredBy | Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ |
| callsFor | Congressional action to correct the Court’s interpretation ⓘ |
| caseCitation | 550 U.S. 618 ⓘ |
| characterizesMajority | unduly cramped reading of Title VII ⓘ |
| cites |
Title VII’s remedial purpose
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prior Supreme Court discrimination precedents ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | majority opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| criticizes |
formalistic approach to filing deadlines in discrimination cases
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restrictive interpretation of Title VII’s charge-filing period ⓘ |
| date | 2007 ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
difficulty employees face in discovering pay discrimination
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workplace pay secrecy and lack of salary transparency ⓘ |
| focusesOn | pay discrimination that accumulates over time ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| highlights |
cumulative effect of discriminatory pay decisions over a career
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economic harm to women from long-term pay disparities ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | catalyst for statutory reversal of a Supreme Court decision on limitations for pay discrimination claims ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lilly Ledbetter
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surface form:
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
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| interprets | 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) ⓘ |
| joinedBy |
David H. Souter
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John Paul Stevens ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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pay discrimination ⓘ statute of limitations for discrimination claims ⓘ |
| notableFor |
explicit invitation to Congress to amend the law
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use in legislative history of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ⓘ |
| opinionType | dissenting opinion ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent
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Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007)
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| policyImpact | expansion of time period for filing pay discrimination claims ⓘ |
| positionOnLimitationsPeriod | charge-filing period should run from each discriminatory paycheck ⓘ |
| references |
Congressional intent behind Title VII
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precedent on continuing violations in discrimination law ⓘ |
| supportsParty | Lilly Ledbetter ⓘ |
| usedAs | authority in debates over pay equity legislation ⓘ |
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biographical book "Grace and Grit"
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Grace and Grit
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Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007)