Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

E238779

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is a landmark 2007 U.S. Supreme Court employment discrimination case on pay inequity and the statute of limitations for filing wage discrimination claims under Title VII.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Title VII case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
employment discrimination case ⓘ
appealedFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ⓘ
category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases on employment discrimination ⓘ
United States labor case law ⓘ
citation 550 U.S. 618 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvoked Commerce Clause authority for Title VII ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2007-05-29 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
linked to: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
dissentingVote 4 ⓘ
dissentJoinedBy Justice David H. Souter ⓘ
linked to: David H. Souter

Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ
linked to: John Paul Stevens

Justice Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
linked to: Stephen G. Breyer
docketNumber 05-1074 ⓘ
employmentContext supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant ⓘ
fullName Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. ⓘ
holding A pay-setting decision is a discrete unlawful employment practice that triggers the Title VII charging period when the decision is made ⓘ
Subsequent paychecks that implement a past discriminatory pay decision do not restart the Title VII filing period ⓘ
impact restricted time period for filing federal pay discrimination claims before 2009 ⓘ
inspired Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ⓘ
issue statute of limitations for pay discrimination claims under Title VII ⓘ
whether each discriminatory paycheck is a separate unlawful employment practice ⓘ
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
legalArea civil rights law ⓘ
employment discrimination law ⓘ
labor and employment law ⓘ
legalBasis Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
locationOfFacts Gadsden, Alabama ⓘ
majorityJoinedBy Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
linked to: Anthony M. Kennedy

Justice Antonin Scalia ⓘ
linked to: Antonin Scalia

Justice Clarence Thomas ⓘ
linked to: Clarence Thomas
majorityOpinionBy Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
majorityVote 5 ⓘ
originatingCourt United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ⓘ
overruledByStatute Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ⓘ
petitioner Lilly Ledbetter ⓘ
plaintiffClaim pay discrimination based on sex ⓘ
precedentCited National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan ⓘ
relatedLegislation Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ⓘ
respondent Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ⓘ
result judgment of the Eleventh Circuit affirmed ⓘ
statuteOfLimitationsAtIssue Title VII 180-day charge-filing period ⓘ
subjectMatter gender-based pay discrimination ⓘ
subsequentDevelopment Congress reversed the decision’s effect through the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ⓘ
term October Term 2006 ⓘ
yearDecided 2007 ⓘ

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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → relatedToCase → Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ⓘ
LLFPA → relatedCase → Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ⓘ
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. → fullName → Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Public Law 111-2 → overturns → Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007) ⓘ
linked to: Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Public Law 111-2 → relatedToCase → Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ⓘ
Grace and Grit → about → Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ⓘ