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Legal Citation: 480 U.S. 616 (1987)

Petitioner
Paul E. Johnson

Respondent
Transportation Agency of Santa Clara County, California

Petitioner's Claim
That the agency's affirmative action program violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by promoting some and withholding promotion from others on the basis of gender.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Paul J. Larkin, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Penelope M. Cooper

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
24 March 1987

Decision
The agency's affirmative action program...