Legal Opinion
Celia SANCHEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD BRANDS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1970No. 27730_1PublishedCited by 999 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*457GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.
In this equal employment opportunity action we consider the linguistic tolerance to be accorded a charging party under the 1964 Civil Rights Act and its attendant regulations. The court below dismissed the complaint on the ground that plaintiff had written the wrong words and checked the wrong box in filling out an administrative charge form supplied by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Because we conclude that the trial court’s approach is not in keeping with the words of the statute, with the intent of Congress, or with the regulations adopted by the EEOC,…
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