E.E.O.C. v. DOWD & DOWD, LTD.

No. 83-2340.

736 F.2d 1177 (1984)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DOWD & DOWD, LTD., a Professional Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 14, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Flynn, Appellate Services Div., E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joel S. Ostrow, Dowd & Dowd, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, WOOD and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 13, 1984.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

The narrow issue presented in this appeal is whether shareholders in a professional corporation engaged in the practice of law are also employees of that corporation for purposes of Section 701(b) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(b) (1976). The district court held that the shareholders are not employees. We affirm.

On December 1, 1980, the...

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