Legal Opinion · Concurrence

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 21, 1988No. 87-4659Published

1Concurrence

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge,

specially concurring:

Although Judge Rubin’s opinion is thorough and well-written, I concur in today’s decision only because its result is dictated by the factually and legally similar case of EEOC v. Mississippi, 837 F.2d 1398 (5th Cir.1988). Were I writing on a clean slate, however, my analysis and probably my result1 would follow that of the two courts *534of appeals which, unlike ours, have not required law enforcement employers to develop, implement, and enforce minimum fitness standards before their alleged qualifications can be deemed “reasonably necessary.”…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Western Air Lines, Inc. v. CriswellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Heiar v. Crawford CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  3. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The City of East ProvidenceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
  4. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988

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