· 1/23/2009
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.
Citations
- 553 F.3d 593
- 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 1334
- 91 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,450
- 105 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 364
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- requiring only the filing of a valid charge to authorize the EEOC to investigate
- “[A] document may be a ‘charge’ even if it lacks an appropriate caption and charging language. A piece of paper that alleges discrimination and asks the agency to take remedial action suffices.”
- “We know from [Holowecki], that a document may be a ‘charge’ even if it lacks an appropriate caption and charging language. A piece of paper that alleges discrimination and asks the agency to take remedial action suffices.”
- “The [EEOC] is entitled to vindicate the interests of all employees.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Easterbrook, Evans, Tinder
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