E.E.O.C. v. FREEMAN

No. 13-2365.

778 F.3d 463 (2015)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FREEMAN, Defendant-Appellee, and The United States Office of Personnel Management, Intervenor. Pacific Legal Foundation; Equal Employment Advisory Council; National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center; Retail Litigation Center; Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America, Amici Supporting, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Anne Noel Occhialino , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Donald R. Livingston , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: P. David Lopez , General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis , Acting Associate General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. W. Randolph Teslik , Hyland Hunt , John T. Koerner , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Meriem L. Hubbard , Joshua P. Thompson , Jonathan W. Williams , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for Amicus Pacific Legal Foundation. Karen R. Harned , Elizabeth Milito , National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus National Federal of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center. Rae T. Vann , Norris, Tysse, Lampley & Lakis, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Equal Employment Advisory Council. Deborah R. White , Retail Litigation Center, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, for Amicus Retail Litigation Center. Rachel L. Brand , Steven P. Lehotsky , National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Eric S. Dreiband , Emily J. Kennedy , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Diaz joined. Judge Agee wrote a separate concurring opinion.


In 2001, Freeman began conducting background checks on its job applicants, which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") alleges had an unlawful disparate impact on black and male job applicants. The district court granted summary judgment to Freeman after excluding...

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