California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Guerra

California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 8, 1986 Decided January 13, 1987
Full case name	California Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. Guerra, Director, Department of Fair Employment and Housing, et al.
Citations	479 U.S. 272 (more)
Holding
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act in 12945(b)(2), which requires employers to provide leave and reinstatement to employees disabled by pregnancy, is consistent with federal law.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · John P. Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia
Case opinions
Majority	Marshall, J., in Parts I, II, III-B, III-C, and IV, joined by Brennan, J., Blackmun, J., O'Connor, J.
Concurrence	Stevens, J.
Concurrence	Scalia, J.
Dissent	White, J., joined by Rehnquist, C.J., Powell, J.
Laws applied
Cal. Gov't Code § 12945(b)(2), Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra, 479 U.S. 272 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case about whether a state may require employers to provide greater pregnancy benefits than required by federal law, as well as the ability to require pregnancy benefits to women without similar benefits to men.

See also

• Lillian Garland The woman that filed the lawsuit was Lillian D. Garland and had worked for California Federal Savings and Loan for about 4 years before needing to take time out to have her baby. She ultimately trained the woman to take her place during her time off as indicated by her Dr. and upon her return, was to be told that the person that she had trained was given the job.

External links

• California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra at FindLaw.com.