Legal Opinion
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSON, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 2, 1980No. 78-1357PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises the question of whether an employer charged with discrimination in a Title VII action may counterclaim or present affirmative defenses sounding in tort. We reverse, holding that such an employer may not counterclaim or defend based on tort claims.
Appellant, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, brought this suit in 1975 after its investigation of a charge of discrimination filed by George Brister, a black man. The EEOC determined that there was reasonable cause to believe that the bank had discriminated against blacks and black males, but not…
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