EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE, Defendant-Appellee

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] appeals the district court’s denial of its petition seeking enforcement of a subpoena issued in connection with its investigation of a charge of discrimination filed against Mississippi College [College]. At issue is a significant interplay between the effective enforcement of Title VII and the religious protections of the first amendment. We vacate the judgment appealed from and remand the action to the district court.

I. FACTS

A. The College

Mississippi College is a four-year coeducational liberal arts institution…