U.S. E.E.O.C. v. MARITIME AUTOWASH, INC.

No. 15-1947.

820 F.3d 662 (2016)

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MARITIME AUTOWASH, INC., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paula Rene' Bruner , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John S. Vander Woude , Eccleston and Wolf, PC, Hanover, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: P. David Lopez , General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein , Associate General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis , Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge NORTON joined. Judge NIEMEYER wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment.


Appellee Maritime Autowash, Inc. employed Elmer Escalante, an undocumented alien, at one of its two full-service carwashes. Escalante filed a complaint against Maritime with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As part of its investigation...

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