Legal Opinion

Page v. U. S. Industries, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 25, 1977No. Nos. 76-3366, 75-3822PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In this opinion we dispose of two cases which, although involving different facts and somewhat different issues, are both concerned with procedures employed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the EEOC) in informing complaining individuals of their right to seek judicial action. In each case the question is whether the plaintiff timely filed suit after initially referring his case to the EEOC. We hold that, by the law of this circuit, the district court should hear each plaintiff’s Title VII action.

Congress has enacted a comprehensive scheme for the resolution…

2Cases cited23 opinions

Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
Mrs. Roger McMillan REEB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
O'Sullivan v. FelixSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
David DeMATTEIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
Guerra v. Manchester Terminal Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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3Cited by50 opinions

29 Fair empl.prac.cas. 442, 29 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,851, 10 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1410 Curtis Jackson, W. C. McClendon Lige Scretchen, Nathaniel Cooper and W. E. Parker, Cross-Appellants v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada, Cross-Appellee. Curtis Jackson, W. C. McClendon Lige Scretchen v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Co., Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and CanadaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 819, 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,831 James E. Crawford v. Western Electric Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
W. B. COKE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
Herman GONZALEZ, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
Cleda Jean Chappell v. Emco MacHine Works CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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