Legal Opinion
Flowers v. Local No. 6, Laborers International Union of North America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 1970No. 18060PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, District Judge.
The sole question raised by this appeal is whether the district court has jurisdiction under Section 706(e), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e), to entertain employment discrimination actions even though the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has determined that no reasonable cause exists to believe the charge is true. The court below concluded that it did not have jurisdiction because a determination of no reasonable cause by the EEOC precluded it from seeking voluntary compliance.2 For the reasons discussed below, we…
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- 2 Fair empl.prac.cas. 881, 2 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,278 Leonidus Flowers, Individually and as a Representative of a Class v. Local No. 6, Laborers International Union of North America (Afl-Cio), Chicago District Council Laborers International Union of North America (Afl-Cio), and Laborers International Union of North America (Afl-Cio)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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