Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. | |
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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 | |
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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.