St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks

St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks
St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 20, 1993; Decided June 25, 1993
Full case name	St. Mary's Honor Center, et al. v. Melvin Hicks
Citations	509 U.S. 502 (more) 113 S. Ct. 2742; 125 L. Ed. 2d 407; 61 U.S.L.W. 4782; 62 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 96; 61 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 42,322; 93 Cal. Daily Op. Service 4747; 93 Daily Journal DAR 8057; 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 553
Case history
Prior	970 F.2d 487 (8th Cir. 1992) (reversed and remanded)
Holding
	In a suit against an employer alleging intentional racial discrimination in violation of Title VII, trier of fact's rejection of employer's asserted reasons for its actions does not compel judgment for plaintiff.
Court membership
	Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun; John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor; Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas
Dissent	Souter, joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens
Laws applied
	Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks, 509 U.S. 502 (1993), was a US labor law case before the United States Supreme Court on the burden of proof and the relevance of intent for race discrimination.

St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 20, 1993 Decided June 25, 1993
Full case name	St. Mary's Honor Center, et al. v. Melvin Hicks
Citations	509 U.S. 502 (more) 113 S. Ct. 2742; 125 L. Ed. 2d 407; 61 U.S.L.W. 4782; 62 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 96; 61 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 42,322; 93 Cal. Daily Op. Service 4747; 93 Daily Journal DAR 8057; 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 553
Case history
Prior	970 F.2d 487 (8th Cir. 1992) (reversed and remanded)
Holding
In a suit against an employer alleging intentional racial discrimination in violation of Title VII, trier of fact's rejection of employer's asserted reasons for its actions does not compel judgment for plaintiff.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas
Dissent	Souter, joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens
Laws applied
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964