California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra

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California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra

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; 479 U.S. 272 (1987)

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 Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia

Case opinions

Majority by: Marshall, J., in Parts I, II, III-B, III-C, and IV
Joined by: Brennan, J., Blackmun, J., O'Connor, J.
Concurrence by: Stevens, J.
Concurrence by: Scalia, J.
Dissent by: 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 case before the United States Supreme Court. The case was 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.