E.E.O.C. v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

No. 05-8006.

409 F.3d 831 (2005)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., Defendant-Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Turner, Seyfarth & Shaw, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

C. Gregory Stewart, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Respondent.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Karon Lambert, formerly employed in Caterpillar's plant in Aurora, Illinois, filed a charge with the EEOC claiming that she'd been fired for spurning her supervisor's sexual advances. After an investigation, the Commission notified Caterpillar that it had "reasonable cause to believe that Caterpillar discriminated against Lambert and a class of female employees, based on their sex." After the Commission...

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