Shell Oil Co. v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Shell Oil Company (Shell) appeals from the district court’s1 order of September 22, 1981, 523 F.Supp. 79, dismissing Shell’s request for injunctive relief and enforcing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC or Commission) subpoena. Shell contends the Commissioner’s charge was insufficient to support the subpoena and failed to give proper notice as required by Section 706(b) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(b). We agree that the charge failed to meet the requirements of Title VII.

Facts

On September 27, 1979, Eleanor Holmes Norton, then…