In This Pair of Cases,the First May Serve as Precedent

question 81

Short Answer

In this pair of cases,the first may serve as precedent for the second.Decide whether the second case is so relevantly similar to the first that it should be decided identically.Explain your decision.
First case:The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 extended federal antibias protections to pregnant workers.
Second case:Johnson Controls,a manufacturer of automobile batteries that uses large quantities of lead in its manufacturing processes,excludes women capable of bearing children from any job where the work carries a high risk of damage to the nervous system of a fetus.Under this policy,eight employees of Johnson Controls were involuntarily transferred to safer but lower-paying work.They sued the company,charging discrimination under the Act.

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Definitions:

Controlled Events

Situations or occurrences that are directly managed or governed by someone or something to ensure a desired outcome.

Classical Conditioning

A learning approach that consists of pairing two stimuli together repeatedly; a reaction that is originally elicited by the second stimulus is at last elicited by the first stimulus alone.

CS

Commonly refers to a "Conditioned Stimulus," an initially neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Sexual Arousal

A physiological and psychological state of being awakened to sexual desire and readiness for sexual activity.