Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.

Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 5, 1973; Decided February 19, 1974
Full case name	Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
Docket no.	72-5847
Citations	415 U.S. 36 (more) 94 S. Ct. 1011; 39 L. Ed. 2d 147
Case history
Prior	Summary judgment granted, 346 F. Supp. 1012 (D. Colo. 1971); affirmed, 466 F.2d 1209 (10th Cir. 1972); cert. granted, 410 U.S. 925 (1973).
Subsequent	On remand, 519 F.2d 503 (10th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 1058 (1976).
Holding
	An employee's statutory right to trial de novo under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not foreclosed by prior submission of his claim to final arbitration under the nondiscrimination clause of a collective bargaining agreement.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart · Byron White; Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun; Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinion
Majority	Powell, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co., 415 U.S. 36 (1974), is a US labor law case, concerning arbitration with collective agreements for labor rights.

Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 5, 1973 Decided February 19, 1974
Full case name	Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
Docket no.	72-5847
Citations	415 U.S. 36 (more) 94 S. Ct. 1011; 39 L. Ed. 2d 147
Case history
Prior	Summary judgment granted, 346 F. Supp. 1012 (D. Colo. 1971); affirmed, 466 F.2d 1209 (10th Cir. 1972); cert. granted, 410 U.S. 925 (1973).
Subsequent	On remand, 519 F.2d 503 (10th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 1058 (1976).
Holding
An employee's statutory right to trial de novo under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not foreclosed by prior submission of his claim to final arbitration under the nondiscrimination clause of a collective bargaining agreement.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinion
Majority	Powell, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964