E. E. O. C. v. SOUTHWESTERN BAP. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

No. 80-1370.

651 F.2d 277 (1981)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Langa, Lutz Alexander Prager, E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Garrett & Stahala, Steve M. King, J. Jenkins Garrett, Fort Worth, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Lee Boothby, Berrien Springs, Mich., amicus curiae.

Before CHARLES CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges, and SPEARS, District Judge.


CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to balance the interest of the federal government in enforcing Title VII against the first amendment rights of a religious institution of higher learning. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appeals the judgment of the district court denying its efforts to compel submission of the Higher Education Staff Information Report (EEO-6). Following the standards set out in E.E.O.C. v. Mississippi College...

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