E.E.O.C. v. CATASTROPHE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

No. 14-13482.

837 F.3d 1156 (2016)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATASTROPHE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

(September 15, 2016).


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Rene' Bruner , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, Julie Bean , Marsha Lynn Rucker , C. Emanuel Smith , EEOC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David James Middlebrooks , Whitney Ryan Brown , Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland, PC, Birmingham, AL, Thomas M. Johnson, Jr. , Eugene Scalia , Helgi C. Walker , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Joshua P. Thompson , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Pacific Legal Foundation, Amiens Curiae.

Before JORDAN and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges, and ROBREÑO, District Judge.


The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit on behalf of Chastity Jones, a black job applicant whose offer of employment was rescinded by Catastrophe Management Solutions pursuant to its race-neutral grooming policy when she refused to cut off her dreadlocks. The EEOC alleged that CMS' conduct constituted discrimination...

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