West Virginia Human Rights Commission v. United Transportation Union

Decided July 2, 1981. Richard Forlani Neely wrote the opinion for the court.

167 W. Va. 282 · Cited 74 times

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• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424
• State Division of Human Rights v. Kilian Manufacturing Corp. · 35 N.Y.2d 201
• Sears v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 454 F. Supp. 158
• Evening Sentinel v. National Organization for Women · 168 Conn. 26
• Northern Inyo Hospital v. Fair Employment Practice Commission · 38 Cal. App. 3d 14
• State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission v. Pauley · 212 S.E.2d 77
• Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees, Lodge 364 v. State, Department of Human Rights · 303 Minn. 178
• City of Huntington v. State Water Commission · 73 S.E.2d 833
• City of Cairo v. Fair Employment Practices Commission · 315 N.E.2d 344
• East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. Rodriguez · 431 U.S. 395
• Fahn v. Cowlitz County · 610 P.2d 857
• Maine Human Rights Commission v. Local 1361, United Paperworkers International Union AFL-CIO · 383 A.2d 369
• United States v. City of Buffalo · 457 F. Supp. 612
• Dickerson v. United States Steel Corp. · 439 F. Supp. 55
• School Committee v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination · 386 N.E.2d 1251
• Indiana Civil Rights Commission v. Sutherland Lumber · 394 N.E.2d 949
• Wilson-Sinclair Company v. Griggs · 211 N.W.2d 133
• Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, Inc. · 458 F. Supp. 252
• Currey v. STATE OF W. VA. HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N · 273 S.E.2d 77
• Kennan v. Pan American World Airways, Inc. · 424 F. Supp. 721
• Middlesboro Housing Authority v. Kentucky Commission on Human Rights · 553 S.W.2d 57

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• Cooper v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · 870 F. Supp. 1410
• Modi v. West Virginia Board of Medicine · 465 S.E.2d 230
• Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Dept. v. State Ex Rel. State Human Rights Commission · 309 S.E.2d 342
• Frank's Shoe Store v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 365 S.E.2d 251
• West Virginia Institute of Technology v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 383 S.E.2d 490
• Patrick v. Sharon Steel Corp. · 549 F. Supp. 1259
• Stephen L.H. v. Sherry L.H. · 465 S.E.2d 841
• Bishop Coal Co. v. Salyers · 380 S.E.2d 238
• State Ex Rel. State of W. Va. Human Rights Commission v. Logan-Mingo Area Mental Health Agency, Inc. · 329 S.E.2d 77
• Smith v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 602 S.E.2d 445
• Morris Memorial Convalescent Nursing Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 431 S.E.2d 353
• Stone v. St. Joseph's Hosp. of Parkersburg · 538 S.E.2d 389
• Independent Fire Co. No. 1 v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 376 S.E.2d 612
• Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. v. Rowing · 517 S.E.2d 763
• Fairmont Specialty Services v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 522 S.E.2d 180
• Bailey v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · 527 S.E.2d 516
• McCourt v. Oneida Coal Co., Inc. · 425 S.E.2d 602
• FMC Corp. v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 403 S.E.2d 729
• Board of Education v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 385 S.E.2d 637
• Cobb v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 619 S.E.2d 274
• K-Mart Corp. v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 383 S.E.2d 277
• Sharp v. Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council · 358 S.E.2d 455
• Greyhound Lines-East v. Geiger · 366 S.E.2d 135
• Erps v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 680 S.E.2d 371
• Canterbury v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 382 S.E.2d 338

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