abstract:Disparate treatment is one of the theories of discrimination under Title VII of the United States Civil Rights Act; the other theory is disparate impact.
Gallagher could have wider impact, however, because it forces the Court to dive into the tricky area of disparatetreatment versus disparate impact in the area of housing.
" The court said, "Having granted the right to vote on equal terms, the State may not by later arbitrary and disparatetreatment, value one person's vote over another.