Case

Paulinho Petricelli's Premium Pork Producers, Inc., produces pork products that are sold throughout the United States. Petricelli's employs more than 800 people at its processing facility, which is located in the town of Sunburnt Hollow, a city in the southern U.S. Sunburnt Hollow has a population which is 60% white, and 40% black.

Petricelli's requires a high school diploma, or a High School Equilavency Diploma, as a condition for working on its laundry services team. The laundry services team is comprised of fifteen employees, all of whom are white, and does all laundry work for Petricelli's. 80% of white people in Sunburnt Hollow have a high school diploma or Equivalency, while only 20% of black people in Sunburnt Hollow have a high school diploma or Equivalency.

Question : Is Petricelli's potentially violating any federal law(s) in this scenario? Fully explain which law(s) may have been violated, and how a lawsuit is likely to proceed, and be resolved, under the relevant law(s).