Professor Chuck Henson commented on the impact of proposed nondiscrimination bills for a recent Columbia Missourian article, Efforts to pass the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act Resume. Will 2020 be different? The article explains that the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act, or MONA, would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes in the Missouri Human Rights Act. The article…
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Professor Henson to Speak in St. Louis about U.S. Supreme Court Employment Discrimination Case
Professor Chuck Henson will speak on “The Meaning of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green,” on October 16 at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis. He will explain the case’s history and how it initially worked against discrimination. However, it ultimately became a safe harbor for employment…
Professor Henson’s Article Cited in Circuit Court Opinion Regarding Title VII
Professor Chuck Henson’s article, Title VII Works – That’s Why We Don’t Like It, was cited by Judge Gerard E. Lynch in support of his review of the legislative history of Title VII. Judge Lynch dissented in a 2nd Circuit Court opinion allowing sexual orientation claims to proceed because Title VII’s legislative history provides no support for the argument that…
Professor Henson Discusses McDonnell Douglas v. Green
Professor Chuck Henson was invited by the William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law and the Black Law Students Association at Saint Louis University School of Law to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 McDonnell Douglas v. Green decision with the plaintiff, St. Louis civil rights activist Percy Green, as a part of their Black History Month programming. In its…