Labor and Employment Discrimination Cases in the Supreme Court 1989 Term

We are grateful for the research assistance of Janet McInnis.1. Perhaps the most noted case we omit is Rutan v. Republican Party, 110 S. Ct. 2729 (1990), in which the Court found, by a five to four vote, that the first amendment bars public employers from basing decisions to hire, promote, transfer, or recall low level employees on political affiliation.Other cases include Pension Benefit Guar.Corp. v. LTV Corp., 110 S. Ct. (1990) (upholding involuntary post-termination restoration of an ERISA-covered pension plan imposed by the Pension Benefit