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TURNER V. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLT. SECURITY, 423 U. S. 44 (1975)

423 U. S. 44

U.S. Supreme Court

Turner v. Department of Emplt. Security, 423 U.S. 44 (1975)

Turner v. Department of Employment Security of Utah

No. 74-1312.

Decided November 17, 1975

423 U.S. 44

Syllabus

Utah statute making pregnant women ineligible for unemployment compensation for a period extending from 12 weeks before the expected date of childbirth until six weeks after childbirth held violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as incorporating a conclusive presumption that women are unable to work during the 18-week period because of pregnancy and childbirth. Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, 414 U. S. 632.

Certiorari granted; 531 P.2d 870, vacated and remanded.


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