Legal Opinion

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Freeman

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 20, 2015No. 13-2365PublishedCited by 149 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge DIAZ joined. Judge AGEE wrote a separate concurring opinion.

GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

In 2001, Freeman began conducting background checks on its job applicants, *465which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alleges had an unlawful disparate impact on black and male job applicants. The district court granted summary judgment to Freeman after excluding the EEOC’s expert testimony as unreliable under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. Without this testimony, the district court found the agency…

2Cases cited3 opinions

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  2. Kumho Tire Co. v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western GermanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977

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