Fort Bend County v. Davis

Decided June 3, 2019. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-525 · 587 U.S. 541 (2019) · Cited 277 times

Holding

The charge-filing precondition to suit set out in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not a jurisdictional requirement.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Kontrick v. Ryan · 540 U.S. 443 (2004)
• Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center · 568 U.S. 145 (2013)
• Eberhart v. United States · 546 U.S. 12 (2005)
• Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · 546 U.S. 500 (2006)
• Gonzalez v. Thaler · 565 U.S. 134 (2012)
• Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick · 559 U.S. 154 (2010)
• Union Pacific R. Co. v. Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Gen. Comm. of Adjustment, Central Region · 558 U.S. 67 (2009)
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 455 U.S. 385 (1982)
• Scarborough v. Principi · 541 U.S. 401 (2004)
• Elgin v. Department of the Treasury · 567 U.S. 1 (2012)
• United States v. Kwai Fun Wong · 575 U.S. 402 (2015)
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Bowles v. Russell · 551 U.S. 205 (2007)
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · 415 U.S. 36 (1974)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States · 552 U.S. 130 (2008)
• Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich · 510 U.S. 200 (1994)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2019). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).