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· 4/25/1980

Samuel R. President v. Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary, United States Department of State

Citations

  • 627 F.2d 353
  • 200 U.S. App. D.C. 300
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 18283
  • 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 30,870
  • 22 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1017

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that a declaratory judgment is appropriate when it will serve a useful purpose in clarifying the legal relations at issue or afford relief from the controversy giving rise to the proceeding
  • noting that a declaratory judgment is appropriate when it will serve a useful purpose in clarifying the legal relations at issue or afford relief from the controversy giving rise to the proceeding
  • “‘[T]he specific words of the (administrative) charge of discrimination need not presage with literary exactitude the judicial pleadings which may follow.”’ (citation omitted)
  • “Title VII’s exhaustion requirement should not be read to create useless procedural technicalities.”
  • “Title VII's exhaustion requirement should not be read to create useless procedural technicalities”
  • “Title VII’s exhaustion requirement should not be read to create useless procedural technicalities.”

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Judges: III, Bazelon, Leventhal, Robinson

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