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PARKER v. REEMA CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.

No. 18-1206.

915 F.3d 297 (2019)

Evangeline J. PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REEMA CONSULTING SERVICES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; National Women's Law Center; A Better Balance; American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO; American Association of University Women; American Sexual Health Association; Black Women's Roundtable; National Coalition on Black Civic Participation; California Women Lawyers; Champion Women; District of Columbia Coalition Against Domestic Violence; End Rape on Campus; Equal Rights Advocates; Family Values @ Work; Feminist Majority Foundation; Gender Justice; Girls for Gender Equity; Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.; Harvard Law School Gender Violence Program; Lawyers Club of San Diego; League of Women Voters of the United States; Legal Aid at Work; Legal Momentum, The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund; Legal Voice; Maine Women's Lobby; Medical Students for Choice; National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum; National Alliance to End Sexual Violence; The National Crittenton Foundation; National Employment Law Project; National Employment Lawyers Association; National Organization for Women (Now) Foundation; National Partnership for Women and Families; National Women's Political Caucus; Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice; People for American Way Foundation; Service Employees International Union; SisterReach; Southwest Women's Law Center; Stop Sexual Assault in Schools; The National Urban League; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Incorporated; Women Employed; Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Women's Bar Association of the State of New York; Women's Law Project, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 8, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dennis A. Corkery , WASHINGTON LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND URBAN AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Donald James Walsh , WRIGHT, CONSTABLE & SKEEN, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Julie Loraine Gantz , UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ON BRIEF: Andrew R. Kopsidas , Daniel Tishman , Min Suk Huh , FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C., Washington, D.C.; Tiffany Yang , WASHINGTON LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS & URBAN AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Gregory P. Currey , WRIGHT, CONSTABLE & SKEEN, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. James L. Lee , Deputy General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein , Associate General Counsel, Anne Noel Occhialino , Acting Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus United States Equal Opportunity Commission. Kathleen R. Hartnett , Ann O'Leary , Palo Alto, California, Melissa Shube , Brent Nakamura , BOIES, SCHILLER, FLEXNER, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Fatima Goss Graves , Emily Martin , Sunu Chandy , Sarah David Heydemann , NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Amici National Women's Law Center, et al.

Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

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