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· 3/28/1983

Laura FELLOWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL RESTAURANTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 701 F.2d 447
  • 31 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 483
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 29325
  • 31 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 33,480

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the fact that an EEOC charge and investigation did not cover class allegations was not a sufficient basis to deny the class
  • acknowledging that Title VII's requirements are \not necessarily 'jurisdictional' \
  • Reading Sanchez and Gamble v. Birmingham So. R.R. Co., 514 F.2d 678 (5th Cir. 1975
  • underlying policies not served \by limiting judicial relief to technical niceties of the language used by an often unlettered and unsophisticated employee in filing his or her initial grievance with EEOC\
  • underlying policies 6 Section 21.201 of the labor code sets out the requirements for filing an administrative complaint of employment discrimination. See id. § 21.201 (West 2006). Subsection (f) of this section states: (f
  • “Given the liberal construction accorded EEOC charges, especially those by unlawyered complainants . . . .” (Emphasis added.)

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Judges: Wisdom, Rubin, Tate

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