Legal Opinion
Horace BROWN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, Defendant/ Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1985No. 84-2052PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
The district court dismissed plaintiff Horace Brown’s Title VII civil suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because Brown filed his action within ninety days of a valid right-to-sue letter issued upon a prior, reasonably related incident of discrimination by the same employer, we reverse.
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Horace Brown (“Brown”), a black male employed by Continental Can Company (“Continental”) from July 7, 1968 to October 20, 1978, filed two charges with the Equal Economic Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alleging discrimination by Continental. His first charge, filed…
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