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E.E.O.C. v. WATKINS MOTOR LINES, INC.

No. 08-2483.

553 F.3d 593 (2009)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WATKINS MOTOR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail S. Coleman (argued), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joan M. Canny (argued), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and EVANS and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

In June 2004, after experiencing three episodes of employee-on-employee murder or attempted murder, Watkins Motor Lines decided that it would no longer hire anyone who had been convicted of a violent crime. Three months later Watkins rejected Lyndon Jackson's application because of his criminal record. He filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which opened an investigation to determine whether the policy had a...

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