Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1987No. 86-1600PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Goodyear Aerospace Corporation (Goodyear) under section 706(f)(1) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1), because Goodyear failed to promote Marshaline Pettigrew. Pettigrew and Goodyear later settled without the EEOC’s consent. Based on the settlement, the district court granted Goodyear summary judgment. The EEOC appeals, and we affirm in part and reverse in part.
FACTS
In 1980, Pettigrew, a black Goodyear employee, filed an EEOC charge against Goodyear for racially…
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