Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2018

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 · 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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