McClure vs. the Salvation Army. Supreme Court of the United States Case No. 72-134

[Women; Equal Pay]

Published by New York, 1972

About this Item

Personal copy of the inside documents which won the sex discrimination case in favor of the Salvation Army, belonging to William J. Moss (1921 - 2005), partner at Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, and valued advisor to The Salvation Army. The McClure case was a leading case for establishing the doctrine of "ministerial exception", having settled the law upon all points involved in such case in 1964. This is the private record of newspaper articles, motions filed, complaints, opinion and orders, and briefs, concerning the important 1972 sex discrimination suit brought against the Salvation Army by a female plaintiff who sued the organization for receiving lower pay as a female employee than her male counterparts. Billie B. McClure served as a Salvation Army officer, the equivalent of an ordained minister; after complaining that male officers were receiving higher salaries and better benefits than females, she was fired. The case was pursued all the way to the Supreme Court, with the decision rendered in the favor of the Salvation Army, with the stipulation that as a religious institution the Salvation Army was not subject to the equal employment requirements as established in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The doctrine announced in McClure became known as the "ministerial exception", and in the years since the ruling nearly all of the nation's federal appeals courts have embraced it. The record is a presentation copy, from Harry Lamon to William Moss, partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft, New York. Presentation inscription at ffe thanking Moss for his "wise counsel" in the McClure case; signed Harry Lamon, dated 5/15/73. Lamon was an Atlanta attorney for the Salvation Army. Thick 4to black cloth binder, approx. 3" thick, title in gilt at spine. Not continuously paginated, but approximately 400pp, in 30 numbered tabbed sections of photocopied documents. Seller Inventory # 22893

Bibliographic Details

Title: McClure vs. the Salvation Army. Supreme ...

Publisher: New York

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good condition

Signed: Signed by Author(s)