Los Angeles Department of Water & Power v. Manhart
United States Supreme Court
435 U.S. 702 (1978)
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The Department (defendant) required female employees to contribute nearly 15 percent more monthly to their pension funds than similarly situated male employees, based on actuarial data showing women as a group tended to live several years longer and thus draw greater total pension benefits, reducing female employees' take-home pay relative to same-salaried men.
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Whether, under Title VII, an employer may use generalizations about an entire class of employees to unlawfully discriminate against individual members of that class.