Legal Opinion
Rush Pettway and Peter J. Wrenn v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1969No. 25826_1PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This case involves a unique question arising under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 1 That question is whether a charge filed pursuant to § 704(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-3(a)) prohibits an employer from discharging an employee for having made false statements in a request for reconsideration of his case before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming racial discrimination against him and fellow Negro employees. The District Court, finding that the statement was not privileged, upheld the discharge and refused to grant relief to the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by252 opinions
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