E.E.O.C. v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CAS. INS. CO.

No. 00-31482.

271 F.3d 209 (2001)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula R. Bruner (argued), EEOC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Maria Nan Alessandra, David M. Korn, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, Michael Brunson Wallace (argued), Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Rae Thiesfield Vann, Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, for EEOC and Chamber of Commerce of U.S., Amicus Curiae.

Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, Joshua A. Ulman, Nat. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC, for Chamber of Commerce of U.S., Amicus Curiae.

Before GARWOOD and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and CLEMENT, District Judge.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the "EEOC") appeals the district court's refusal to enforce the EEOC's subpoena because the EEOC failed to meet its burden of proving that the information sought, regarding the sex of employees of Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company ("Southern Farm"), was relevant to the racial discrimination charge filed by the EEOC against Southern Farm based on a complaint of a black...

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