The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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ISBN: 9781337535878
Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 1, Problem 5BCP
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The manger of Incorporation A was transferred between multiple stores of city C. He did not suffer any kind of loss in his payments or responsibilities due to the frequent transfers. However, an EEOC complaint was filed by him against the incorporation claiming that it intended to make the store ‘predominantly Hispanic’.
To find: The primary sources of the court’s decision in the provided case.
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