Legal Opinion
Gooding v. Warner-Lambert Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 28, 1984No. 83-5593PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
The principal question presented by this appeal is whether pleading the issuance of a right-to-sue letter is a jurisdictional prerequisite to maintaining an employment discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. We hold that it is not, and that the district court erred as a matter of law in dismissing parts of appellant’s complaint on jurisdictional grounds for failing to allege that such a letter had been issued. We also hold, alternatively, that the district court abused its discretion in not…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1331, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,294 Selene Weise v. Syracuse University, Jo Davis Mortenson v. Syracuse UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by103 opinions
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