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· 1/18/1989

Walter W. Steffen v. Meridian Life Insurance Company, and Meridian Mutual Insurance Company

Citations

  • 859 F.2d 534

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • excusing failure to exhaust because “the EEOC informed Steffen that it would be treating the Intake Questionnaire as a charge but then failed to treat it as a charge”
  • charge of retaliatory discharge did not fall within scope of charge filed with EEOC of age discrimination
  • in employment discrimination context, evidence of improper motive for one action can support inference that other actions close in time also were improperly motivated
  • \The EEOC's failure to act on a charge ... does not bar a person from maintaining an ADEA action.\

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Judges: Cudahy, Manion, Will

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