Landgraf v. USI Film Products
United States Supreme Court
511 U.S. 244 (1994)
Relevant factsFree
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (CRA) created new categories of liability for employment discrimination but said nothing about whether it applied retroactively to conduct or litigation predating its enactment. The Supreme Court took up the question of whether the CRA applied to cases still pending, not yet finally adjudicated, when the statute took effect.
IssueFree
Whether a statute applies retroactively in the absence of clear congressional intent to give it retroactive effect.