E.E.O.C. v. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH STORES

No. 14-86.

135 S.Ct. 2028 (2015)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH STORES, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian H. Gershengorn , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Shay Dvoretzky , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Mark A. Knueve , Daniel J. Clark , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH, Shay Dvoretzky , Counsel of Record, Eric S. Dreiband , Yaakov M. Roth , Jeffrey R. Johnson , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

P. David Lopez , General Counsel, Carolyn L. Wheeler , Acting Associate General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein , Acting Assistant General Counsel, James M. Tucker , Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Ian Heath Gershengorn, Deputy Solicitor General, Rachel P. Kovner , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.


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