NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Opinion in Support of Title VII Enforcement
June 03, 2019
June 03, 2019
NEW YORK, June 3 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
Today, the Supreme Court unanimously strengthened Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, holding that the statute's presuit "charge-filing" requirement is not jurisdictional, which means that an employment-discrimination victim's failure to perfectly satisfy certain technical requirements before filing suit does not require automatic dismissal of their case. Rather, as t . . .
Today, the Supreme Court unanimously strengthened Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, holding that the statute's presuit "charge-filing" requirement is not jurisdictional, which means that an employment-discrimination victim's failure to perfectly satisfy certain technical requirements before filing suit does not require automatic dismissal of their case. Rather, as t . . .