HARRIS v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

No. 83-3665.

768 F.2d 669 (1985)

Jacqueline M. HARRIS, et al., Plaintiffs, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intervenor-Appellant, v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Flynn, Irene L. Hill, E.E.O.C., Appellate Services Div., Washington, D.C., for intervenor-appellant.

McGuiness & Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, Robert E. Williams, William S. Franklin, Washington, D.C., for amicus Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Wayne S. Bishop, Richard K. Walker, Washington, D.C., for Standard Oil.

Robert M. O'Connell, Chicago, Ill., for Amoco.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and TATE, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Unlike courts, which are concerned primarily with the enforcement of private rights although public interests may thereby be implicated, administrative agencies are predominantly concerned with enforcing public rights although private interests may thereby be affected. To no small degree administrative agencies for the enforcement of public rights were established by Congress because more flexible and less traditional procedures were called...

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