The Court then made it harder to win such lawsuits, known as "disparate impact" cases.

"They don't specify any particular practices that might have a disparate impact."

An important thing to note is that disparate impact is not, in and of itself, illegal.

It is being alleged that the government failed to "have due regard" to the disparate impact of its budget on women.

The policy that had a disparate impact on women.

Plaintiffs do not win their cases simply by showing a disparate impact.

As a result, they do not find the qualified minority employees to protect them against "disparate impact" charges.

"If voters themselves are the source of the errors, you don't have disparate impact."

The plaintiffs' case relies on the legal theory of disparate impact.

If disparate impact were available to them, they would be off to a fast start.