CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 S. HRG. 101-649 HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 2104 TO AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 TO RESTORE AND STRENGTHEN CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS THAT BAN DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES FEBRUARY 23, 27, MARCH 1, AND 7, 1989 Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1990 27-755 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 29 405ST XL 1779 10/97 CONTENTS Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., prepared statement.. Coleman, Hon. William T. Coleman, Jr., senior partner, O'Melveny and Myers, Washington, DC; Hon. Shirley Hufstedler, partner, Hufstedler, Miller, Kaus and Beardsley, Los Angeles, CA; and Hon. F. Ray Marshall, professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, TX ....... Fried, Hon. Charles, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; and Glenn C. Loury, professor of political economy, Patterson, Brenda, Winston-Salem, NC... Comay, Sholom D., president, American Jewish Committee, prepared state- ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes, professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, and Hon. William H. Brown, III, Schnader, Harri- son, Segal and Lewis, Philadelphia, PA......................... Kreiter, Nancy, research director, Women Employed in Chicago, prepared Maddux, David, Esq., Shepard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, Los Angeles, CA, on behalf of the National Retail Federation; Lawrence Lorber, Esq., Kelley, Drye and Warren, Washington, DC, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers; Judith Lichtman, Esq., president, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC, and Marcia Greenberger, Esq., man- aging attorney, National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC. 186 Page Kreiter, Nancy, research director, Women Employed in Chicago, prepared statement-Continued Prepared statements of-Continued Mr. Lorber.. Ms. Lichtman Ms. Greenberger Brief, questions and answers: 209 217 230 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Department of Justice Brief for No. 87-107, Brenda Patterson, Petitioner 118 152 THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990 Brunet, Ann M., member, Columbus Fire Department, Bexley, OH, and 241 Katzenbach, Hon. Nicholas deB., partner, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland and 251 Prepared statement Hudnut, Hon. William H., III, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mr. Hudnut........ Mr. Abrams and Mr. Spire Mr. Burns.. Mr. Paras Mr. Andrisani. Chauvin, L. Stanley, Jr., Esq., partner, Alagia, Day, Marshall, Mintmire and Chauvin, Louisville, KY, accompanied by William Robinson, dean, University of the District of Columbia Law School; Professor Kingsley R. Browne, professor, Wayne State University School of Law, Detroit, MI; Cathie A. Shattuck, Esq., partner, Epstein, Becker and Green, Washington, DC; Barry Goldstein, Esq., special counsel, Saperstein, Seligman and Mayeda, Oakland, CA. 252 264 266 274 278 283 297 Responses of Mr. Burns to questions submitted by Senator Metzenbaum.... WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1990 Arrington, Hon. Richard, Jr., mayor, City of Birmingham, AL, accompanied by James Alexander, attorney, Bradley, Arrant, Rose and White, Birmingham, AL; Raymond P. Fitzpatrick, Jr., attorney, Mason and Fitzpatrick, Birmingham, AL, and James W. Henson, Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service, Birmingham, AL. Prepared statements of: Mr. Arrington, Jr..... Mr. Fitzpatrick, Jr.. 280 280 292 299 344 355 364 367 522 Coats, Hon. Dan, prepared statement... Thurmond, Hon. Strom, prepared statement. Cook, Carl, firefighter, Birmingham, AL, prepared statement.. Tribe, Laurence H., Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, MA. Prepared statement Barr, Thomas D., Esq., senior partner, Cravath, Swaine and Moore, New Mr. Barr... Mr. Nager Mr. Larson Associated General Contractors of America, prepared statement The International Personnel Management Association, prepared statement Page 540 541 542 543 548 571 574 609 672 739 758 766 794 816 901 Chanbers, Julius Levonne, director-counsel, the NAACP Legal Defense and 964 Green, Ronald M., Esq., partner, Epstein, Becker and Green, New York and 1012 The People for the American Way, prepared statement (with attachment). statement..... Simmons, Althea T.L., director, Washington Bureau of the National Associa- 1034 1048 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Articles, publications, charts, briefs, etc.: Chart submitted by Mr. Henson entitled "Comparison of Firefighter 387 390 451 Brief of defendant-appellee, City of Birmingham, Appeal No. 81-7761, 481 Impact of the Supreme Court Decision in Martin_v. Wilks, submitted by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. 711 The Overall Impact of the Supreme Court's 1989 Decisions on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act... 838 Impact of the Supreme Court's Decision in Wards Cove v. Atonio, a 920 Analysis of Damage Awards Under Section 1981, submitted by the National Women's Law Center....... 986 Communications to: Senator Kennedy from Senator Charles E. Grassley, dated March 5, 1990.. 540 752 Senator Metzenbaum from James B. Johnson, Roderick Beddow, and Patricia Hoban-Moore, The Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama, Birmingham, AL, dated March 12, 1990... 753 Senator Kennedy and Representative Hawkins from the Office of the Attorney General, State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, dated March 20, 1990.. Senator Kennedy from Coy Eklund, The Equitable Financial Companies, Senator Kennedy from James P. Alexander, attorney for the City of 755 776 778 791 |