WALTERS v. METROPOLITAN ED. ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 95-259.

519 U.S. 202 (1997)

WALTERS v. METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constantine John Gekas argued the cause for petitioner in No. 95-259. With him on the briefs was Adrianne S. Harvitt. Deputy Solicitor General Waxman argued the cause for petitioner in No. 95-779. On the briefs were Solicitor General Days, Acting Solicitor General Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General Patrick, Deputy Solicitor General Bender, Beth S. Brinkmann, C. Gregory Stewart, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Carolyn L. Wheeler, and C. Gregory Stewart.

Patrick J. Falahee, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents in both cases.

Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Scalia, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to any employer who "has fifteen or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year." 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e(b). These cases present the question whether an employer "has" an employee on any working day on which the employer...

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