Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 2017No. 15-3452PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONLEY, District Judge.
Union Pacific Railroad challenges the legal authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue an enforcement action after issuing a right to sue letter and subsequent resolution of the underlying charges of discrimination in a private lawsuit. The EEOC petitioned the district court to enforce its subpoena for Union Pacific’s employment records related to these charges. After denying Union Pacific’s motion to dismiss for lack of authority to maintain the investigation under Title VII and the EEOC’s own regulations, the district court granted the…
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