Legal Opinion
John E. Womack v. James T. Lynn, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 1, 1974No. 72-1827PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether Section 717(c) of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Pub.L. 92-261, 86 Stat. Ill, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-16(e) (1974), which amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 255, to grant federal employees the right to bring employment discrimination claims 'against the Government in United States District Courts, applies retroactively to actions pending on March 24, 1972, the effective date of the amendment. The District Court denied appellant, a federal employee, leave to amend his complaint to include…
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3Cited by66 opinions
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