U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Pregnancy Bias Case, Takes Up Sox Act Constitutional Challenge
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In one of the last opinions to be authored by Justice David Souter, the Supreme Court held today that an employer does not violate the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act when, in calculating retirement benefits, it fails to award full credit for pregnancy leave taken before the effective date of the Act. The ruling came in the case AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen.
Also the Court ruled today in Ashcroft v. Iqbal that a complaint filed by a post-Sept. 11 detainee alleging Bush administration detention policies violated his First and Fifth Amendment rights did not plead sufficient facts to state a claim under the Rule 8 standard set in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Pregnancy Bias Case, Takes Up Sox Act Constitutional Challenge
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