Legal Opinion
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DOWD & DOWD, LTD., a Professional Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 13, 1984No. 83-2340PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
The narrow issue presented in this appeal is whether shareholders in a professional corporation engaged in the practice of law are also employees of that corporation for purposes of Section 701(b) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(b) (1976). The district court held that the shareholders are not employees. We affirm.
On December 1,1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a complaint against Dowd & Dowd, Ltd. (Dowd), a professional corporation engaged in the practice of law, alleging that the corporation violated Section…
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