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Fifth Circuit· 3/10/2008

McClain v. Lufkin Industries, Inc.

Citations

  • 519 F.3d 264
  • 2008 WL 542165

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  • suggesting that statistically significant statistics may not be sufficient to support an inference of adverse impact under certain circumstances
  • stating that EEOC complaints should be construed “broadly but in terms of the administrative EEOC investigation that can reasonably be expected to grow out of the charge of discrimination”
  • explaining that “the ‘scope’ of the judicial complaint is limited to the ‘scope’ of the EEOC investigation which can reasonably be expected to grow out of the charge of discrimination.”
  • explaining that “the ‘scope’ of the judicial complaint is limited to the ‘scope’ of the EEOC investigation which can reasonably be expected to grow out of the charge of discrimination.”
  • noting that “if the price of a Rule 23(b)(2) disparate treatment class both limits individual opt outs and sacrifices class members’ rights to avail themselves of significant legal remedies, it is too high a price to impose”
  • noting that “if the price of a Rule 23(b)(2) disparate treatment class both limits individual opt outs and sacrifices class members' rights to avail themselves of significant legal remedies, it is too high a price to impose”

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Judges: Jones, Higginbotham, Clement

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