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· 12/3/1981

Jeanette J. PLUMMER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL HOTELS COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 656 F.2d 502

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that in a private employee’s Title VII action, administrative findings were not binding in a trial de novo
  • “[T]here is support for the general proposition that the admissibility of evidence varies between jury and non-jury trials”
  • “[a]n [agency] determination, prepared by professional investigators on behalf of an impartial agency, has been held to be a highly probative evaluation of an individual’s discrimination complaint”
  • “We recognized 17 that a civil rights plaintiff has the right to a de novo trial in federal court, and while prior 18 administrative determinations are not binding, they are admissible evidence.”
  • “the plaintiff has a right to introduce an EEOC probable cause determination in a Title VII lawsuit, regardless of what other claims are asserted, or whether the case is tried before a judge or jury
  • EEOC reports in Title VII actions admissible per se

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Judges: Sneed, Boochever, Craig

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