Back in February, I noted that not all U.S. Supreme Court cases are created equal and warned employers not to get too excited about a case that was then being argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — Lewis v. City of Chicago.
Yesterday, the Court released its unanimous decision (download here)
There is a common misconception about the U.S. Supreme Court that all cases that it rules on are created equal.
They’re not. Some take on more significance than others.
Case in point: Lewis v. City of Chicago, which was argued yesterday (transcript available here). I’ve previously discussed the case in an earlier post
UPDATED 5/19/09
The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this morning.
First, in a 7-2 decision, the Court held that an employer (in.jpg)
this case AT&T) did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it gave less retirement credit for pregnancy leaves that occurred prior to the passage of the act.
In addition, the