Legal Opinion
Jones v. Madison Service Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 2, 1984No. 83-2410PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants and its holding that this Title VII suit was not timely filed. The district court found that plaintiffs’ employment discrimination action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., had been filed 92 days after the receipt by their attorney of right-to-sue letters from the United States Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC). This was determined to be a violation of the 90-day period allowed by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1),1 and the court held that the facts of the case did not warrant…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Connecticut v. TealSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Smith v. American President Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Robert WOLFOLK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Victor M. RIVERA, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Alfred St. Louis v. Alverno CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Marcia L. Saxton v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Successor to at & T Bell LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Alfred St. Louis v. Alverno CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Hill v. John Chezik ImportsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Windell Threadgill v. Moore U.S.A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Charlene COOK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
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