Alexander v. Sandoval | |
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Argued January 16, 2001 Decided April 24, 2001 | |
Full case name | James Alexander, Director, Alabama Department of Public Safety, et al., Petitioners v. Martha Sandoval, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated |
Citations | 532 U.S. 275 (more) 121 S. Ct. 1511; 149 L. Ed. 2d 517; 2001 U.S. LEXIS 3367; 69 U.S.L.W. 4250; 80 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 40,456; 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Service 3194; 2001 Daily Journal DAR 3941; 2001 Colo. J. C.A.R. 2042; 14 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 206 |
Case history | |
Prior | Sandoval v. Hagan, 7 F. Supp. 2d 1234 (M.D. Ala. 1998), aff'd, 197 F.3d 484 (11th Cir. 1999), cert. granted, 530 U.S. 1305 (2000). |
Subsequent | 268 F.3d 1065 (11th Cir. 2001). |
Holding | |
There is no private right of action to enforce disparate-impact regulations promulgated under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas |
Dissent | Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Laws applied | |
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
Alexander v. Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 (2001), was a Supreme Court of the United States decision that a regulation enacted under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964[1] did not include a private right of action to allow private lawsuits based on evidence of disparate impact.[2]