No. 18-525
Fort Bend County, Texas v. Lois M. Davis
Amici (7)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-exhaustion circuit-split civil-rights due-process eeoc eeoc-claim employment-discrimination exhaustion jurisdiction jurisdictional-prerequisite title-vii waivable-claim-processing-rule
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina JusticiabilityDoctri
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-01-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Title VII's administrative exhaustion requirement is a jurisdictional prerequisite to suit
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., requires plaintiffs to exhaust claims of employment discrimination with the EEOC before filing suit in federal court. Id. §2000e-5(b), (f)(1). The question presented is: Whether Title VII’s administrative exhaustion requirement is a jurisdictional prerequisite to suit, as three Circuits have held, or a waivable claimprocessing rule, as eight Circuits have held. (i)
Docket Entries
2019-07-05
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2019-06-03
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/18-525_m6hn.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court.
2019-04-22
Argued. For petitioner: Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Raffi Melkonian, Houston, Tex.; and Jonathan C. Bond, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
2019-04-12
Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
2019-04-12
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2019-04-03
Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy filed. (Distributed)
2019-04-03
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2019-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
2019-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
2019-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2019-03-27
Brief of respondent Lois Davis filed. (Distributed)
2019-03-21
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
2019-03-20
CIRCULATED
2019-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance, et al. filed.
2019-03-04
Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
2019-02-27
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Scott Dodson in support of neither party filed.
2019-02-25
Joint appendix filed.
2019-02-25
Brief of petitioner Fort Bend County filed.
2019-02-11
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2019
2019-02-04
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Fort Bend County.
2019-01-29
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Lois Davis.
2019-01-11
Petition GRANTED.
2018-12-26
Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
2018-12-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-21
Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
2018-12-19
Brief of respondent Lois Davis in opposition filed.
2018-11-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 19, 2018.
2018-11-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)
Attorneys
Center for Workplace Compliance, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and National Retail Federation
Rae Thiesfield Vann — NT Lakis, LLP, Amicus
Rae Thiesfield Vann — NT Lakis, LLP, Amicus
Constitutional Accountability Center
Fort Bend County
Colleen Elizabeth Roh Sinzdak — Hogan Lovells LLP, Petitioner
Colleen Elizabeth Roh Sinzdak — Hogan Lovells LLP, Petitioner
Neal Kumar Katyal — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Petitioner
Neal Kumar Katyal — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Petitioner
Lois Davis
Raffi Melkonian — Wright, Close & Barger LLP, Respondent
Raffi Melkonian — Wright, Close & Barger LLP, Respondent
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES, et al.
Collin O'Connor Udell — Jackson Lewis P.C., Amicus
Collin O'Connor Udell — Jackson Lewis P.C., Amicus
National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy
Scott Dodson
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Amicus
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Amicus