Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Amicus Curiae
Peter Buscemi, Counsel of RecordThe Chamber of Commerce of the United States is the world’s largest business federation, with a membership of more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, in every sector and region. Peter Buscemi is a partner with the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. He received his law degree from Columbia University in 1976. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 23, 2004.The disparate impact theory, first recognized in Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971), a race discrimination case under…
