EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OP. COM'N v. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.

No. 74-1558.

511 F.2d 1352 (1975)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

February 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Carey, Gen. Counsel, E. E. O. C., Joseph T. Eddins, Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg, Charles L. Reischel, Beth L. Don, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Fraser Humphreys, Jr., Alexander W. Wellford, Jr., Lawler, Humphreys & Dunlap, Memphis, Tenn., J. Leonard Samansky, Lipkowitz, Plaut, Salberg & Harris, New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before CELEBREZZE and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

This case presents several procedural questions of importance to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and to parties bringing and defending charges before it. The basic issue is the scope of the EEOC's power to enforce the provisions of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The specific issues are whether the 1972 amendments to Title VII apply to this suit, whether the EEOC is barred from suing more than 180 days after a...

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