No. 20-957

Alireza Vazirabadi v. Denver Public Schools, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: bilingual-applicants business-necessity civil-rights disparate-impact eeoc-guidelines employment-practices job-relatedness national-origin national-origin-discrimination title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an employer can be liable under Title VII, when the employer requires its bilingual job applicants, without job requirement, disclose their bilingual language; and the refused-for-hiring bilingual applicant demonstrated that the use of bilingual questioning and language disclosure causes a disparate impact on the basis of national origin, and the employer failed to demonstrate such language questioning hiring practice is job related for the position applied and consistent with the employers business necessity.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an employer can be liable under Title VII when the employer requires its bilingual job applicants, without job requirement, to disclose their bilingual language, and the refused-for-hiring bilingual applicant demonstrated that the use of bilingual questioning and language disclosure causes a disparate impact on the basis of national origin, and the employer failed to demonstrate such language questioning hiring practice is job related for the position applied and consistent with the employer's business necessity

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-15
Waiver of right of respondents Denver Public Schools, et al. to respond filed.
2021-01-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Alireza Vazirabadi
Alireza Vazirabadi — Petitioner
Denver Public Schools, et al.
Jonathan Patrick FeroSemple, Farrington, Everall & Case, P.C., Respondent