GOODING v. WARNER-LAMBERT CO.

No. 83-5593.

744 F.2d 354 (1984)

Vivian B. GOODING, Appellant, v. WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY, Albert H. Graddis and Betty K. Adams, Executrix for Robert R. Adams, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwayne C. Vaughn (Argued), Arthur N. Martin, Jr., P.C., Newark, N.J., for appellant.

Richard C. Mariani (Argued), Apruzzese & McDermott, Springfield, N.J., for appellees.

Before WEIS and BECKER, Circuit Judges, and OLIVER, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether pleading the issuance of a right-to-sue letter is a jurisdictional prerequisite to maintaining an employment discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. We hold that it is not, and that the district court erred as a matter of law in dismissing parts of appellant's complaint on jurisdictional...

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