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· 7/26/1985

Barbara Loe v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Citations

  • 768 F.2d 409
  • 247 U.S. App. D.C. 292
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 20658
  • 37 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 35,465
  • 38 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 835

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  • explaining that the administrative charge requirement should not be construed to place a heavy technical burden on “individuals untrained in negotiating procedural labyrinths”
  • noting that “judges slight the legislature’s central command if they fail to recall that Title VII was devised as a measure that would be kept accessible to individuals untrained in negotiating procedural labyrinths”
  • exhaustion requirements “ensure[] that the agency ha[s] notice of [the complainant’s] grievance, and a fair opportunity to provide full redress or to áttempt an informal accommodation”
  • “Congress ordered first resort to agency processes before Title VII complainants repair to court.”

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Judges: Robinson, Ginsburg, Weigel

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