United States v. Jerlene Bickart

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the pattern-or-practice framework can be applied to class actions
• remarking that the Commissioner’s charge explicitly included the language “at . . . retail stores and facilities nationwide”
• holding conciliation requirement was met where the EEOC “did not initially provide the names of specific victims,” but “informed Bass Pro about the class it had allegedly discriminated against”
• concluding Congress did not prohibit the EEOC from bringing pattern-or-practice suits under Section 706
• concurring with Geo Group and finding that EEOC satisfied conciliation requirement where conciliation focused on class-based rather than individual claims
• rejecting employer’s argument that the EEOC failed to comply with its administrative obligations because it did not name specific victims during the investigation and conciliation process

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