(DOWNLOAD) "Marriage of Meyer" by Supreme Court of Montana # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Marriage of Meyer
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 19, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
Description
The District Court, First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, determined in a jury trial that the State Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services (SRS) discriminated against Lenore Taliaferro when it did not hire her because of her support of certain Page 25 legislation pending before the 1983 Legislature. The judgment of the District Court awarded damages and attorneys fees. SRS appealed the judgment of the District Court to this Court. The only question presented to us on appeal is whether support for or against legislation before committees in the legislature constitutes "political ideas" or "political beliefs" for which discrimination in employment may not occur under the Governmental Code of Fair Practices and the Montana Human Rights Act. We hold that such support constitutes the exercise of political ideas or political beliefs