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THOMPSON v. NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS, LP

No. 09-291.

131 S.Ct. 863 (2011)

562 U.S. 170

Eric L. THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS, LP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 24, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Schnapper , Seattle, WA, for petitioner.

Leondra R. Kruger for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting petitioner.

Leigh Gross Latherow , Ashland, KY, for respondent.

Justice Kagan recused.

Eric Schnapper , Counsel of Record, School of Law, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, David O'Brien Suetholz , Eminence, KY, Lisa S. Blatt , Anthony Franze , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Nathaniel K. Adams , General Counsel, Ghent, KY, Leigh Gross Latherow , Counsel of Record, William H. Jones, Jr. , Gregory L. Monge , Keri E. Lucas , VanAntwerp, Monge, Jones, Edwards & McCann, LLP, Ashland, KY, for Respondent.

Justice KAGAN took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Until 2003, both petitioner Eric Thompson and his fiancée, Miriam Regalado, were employees of respondent North American Stainless (NAS). In February 2003, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) notified NAS that Regalado had filed a charge alleging sex discrimination. Three weeks later, NAS fired Thompson.

Thompson then filed a charge with the EEOC. After conciliation...

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