EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee

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• noting that unavailability of a witness is a classic element of undue prejudice
• noting that five years passed between the initial charge and the filing of the complaint, and more than a year and a half passed between the end of conciliation and the filing of the EEOC’s complaint
• distinguishing from EEOC suits properly barred by laches any suit brought by the EEOC “to prohibit [the employer] from pursuing a pattern of discrimination that is allegedly occurring [at the time of suit]”
• delay inexcusable where two and a half year delay between filing of EEOC charge and company’s receipt of copy of charge
• “ ‘Classic elements’ of undue prejudice include unavailability of witnesses, changed personnel, and the loss of pertinent records.”
• “Laches is an equitable doctrine designed to prevent unfairness to a defendant due to a plaintiff’s delay in filing suit in the absence of an appropriate statute of limitations.”

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