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· 7/12/1984

Karen A. Cooper v. U.S. Postal Service

Citations

  • 740 F.2d 714
  • 39 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 921
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 20602
  • 34 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 34,524
  • 35 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.

  • failure to notify substitute defendant of action until after statutory period had run precludes application of 15(c)
  • failure to notify substitute defendant of action until after statutory period had run precludes application of 15(c)
  • “[I]t clearly states that ‘the head of the department, agency, or unit . . . shall be 23 the defendant’ in Title VII actions against the federal government.”
  • “[t]his circuit adheres to a literal interpretation of rule 15(c)’s notice requirement”
  • “institution of action” is only notice relevant to Rule 15(c)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Wallace, Schroeder, Nelson

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