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· 2/24/1969

Funseth v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Citations

  • 393 U.S. 1083
  • 89 S. Ct. 865

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “the reason behind the requirement that allegations not contained in an EEOC charge cannot be contained in the [district court] complaint is that the defendant must have notice of the charge ...”
  • affirming dismissal of Title VII claim against defendant parent corporation where the parent corporation only had notice of charges against the subsidiary corporation and did not have notice “of any charges against it, nor did it have any opportunity to conciliate on its own behalf’
  • as a general rule a party not named in the EEOC charge cannot be sued under Title VII
  • as a general rule a party not named in the EEOC charge cannot be sued under Title VII
  • “Although HSSI had notice of the charges against Baskin, it did not thereby have any notice of any charges against it, nor did it have an opportunity to conciliate on its own behalf.”
  • “Although HSSI had notice of the charges against Baskin, it did not thereby have any notice of any charges against it, nor did it have any opportunity to conciliate on its own behalf.”

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