Legal Opinion
Occidental Life Insurance v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1977No. 76-99PublishedCited by 697 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
In 1972 Congress amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 so as to empower the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to bring suit in a federal district court against a private employer alleged to have violated the Act. The sole question presented by this case is what time limitation, if any, is imposed on the EEOC’s power to bring such a suit.
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On December 27, 1970, an employee of the petitioner Occidental Life Insurance Co. filed a charge with the EEOC claiming that the company had discriminated against her because of her sex.1 After a fruitless referral to the appropriate state…
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3Cited by697 opinions
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