Legal Opinion

Doris WHITEHEAD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 8, 1980No. 79-1169PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RANDALL, Circuit Judge: ■

Defendant-Appellant Reliance Insurance Company (“Reliance”) brings this interlocutory appeal from an adverse ruling in the court below on its motion to dismiss Plaintiff-Appellee Doris Whitehead’s Title VII suit for lack of jurisdiction. The sole question on appeal is whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s administrative closure of a timely complaint of employment discrimination in response to the complaining party’s request to withdraw the complaint effectively bars the complaining party from later bringing suit in federal court. We affirm the ruling…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Occidental Life Insurance v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. 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
  4. Herman GONZALEZ, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. Cleda Jean Chappell v. Emco MacHine Works CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. Eventius T. BurtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  2. Dorothy L. Hendrix v. Memorial Hospital of Galveston CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  3. Black v. Brown UniversityDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1983
  4. Mary L. McKEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC., a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  5. Hightower v. Roman, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2002

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