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42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5

Enforcement provisions: the cases that interpreted this section

Jurisdiction
Federal
Case notes
12,143
Cited in passing
9,679
Citing cases indexed
29,359
Case dates
1966–2026
Screened through
2026-06-29
Courts' treatment: live
No reviewed case has held this section invalid, preempted, superseded or repealed.
This reflects what the reviewed cases said, not legislative action: a later amendment or repeal by the legislature would not appear here unless a reviewed case discussed it.

21,822 citing cases reviewed of 29,359 in the citation index: 12,143 interpreted the section (annotated below), 9,679 cited it only in passing. Cases filed after 2026-06-29 may not have been reviewed yet.

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EEOC charge deadlines and continuing violations

Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows 300 days to file an EEOC charge when the claimant first institutes proceedings with an authorized state or local agency; otherwise, the deadline is 180 days.

Boggs v. Commonwealth of Kentucky · filed 1996-11-20(e)(1)

He cannot claim the benefit of the 300-day limitation period because, although Kentucky has a state agency of the type described in § 2000e-5(e)(1), Mr. Boggs did not "initially institute[ ] proceedings" with that agency.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) extends the EEOC charge filing deadline from 180 to 300 days when state proceedings are initiated within 300 days of the alleged discrimination.

Torczyner v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc. · filed 1996-11-20(e)(1)

The extended filing requirement did not apply because Torczyner failed to initiate state proceedings within 300 days of the alleged violation.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a claimant to file an EEOC charge within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act to maintain a Title VII retaliation action.

Charles Millican, and Dedee Millican v. Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company, and Collegiate Designs, Incorporated Lock · filed 1996-10-09(e)(1)

To maintain a Title VII retaliation action, a claimant must establish that he filed a claim with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). Here, Millican filed an EEOC complaint on December 20, 1994, in which he attested that the last act of retaliation occurred on May 1, 1994. Because more than 180 days elapsed between the final act of retaliation and the filing of the EEOC complaint, Millican may not maintain this action.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a Title VII retaliation claimant to file an EEOC claim within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act.

Millican v. Hickory Springs Mfg · filed 1996-10-09(e)(1)

To maintain a Title VII retaliation action, a claimant must establish that he filed a claim with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII charge within 300 days of the alleged unlawful employment practice; a continuing violation does not extend that period when a termination alerted the employee to assert her rights.

Hicks v. Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America · filed 1996-10-29(e)

As a prerequisite to filing a Title VII suit, the aggrieved party must file a charge of employment discrimination within 300 days “after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... Both parties agree that she was terminated on a particular date, and that her first attempt to file charges came more than 300 days after this date. Congress legislated the 300 day statute of limitations for the valid purpose of preventing litigation of stale claims. We act consistently with that purpose by granting summary judgment on Count II.
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Section 2000e-5(e) bars a hostile work environment claim when the complained-of conduct occurred more than 300 days before the EEOC charge was filed.

McFadden v. New York City Transit Authority · filed 1996-11-08(e)

We also agree with the lower court's finding that McFadden-Cooper's claim of hostile work environment was time-barred. The behavior complained of by McFadden-Cooper occurred in 1987 and 1988, which is more than 300 days prior to the filing of the charge with the EEOC.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act; the period begins when the employee knows or reasonably should know of the act.

Moore v. Alabama State University · filed 1996-11-14(e)

Accepting the allegations of the Complaint as true, and giving the Plaintiff the benefit of inferences which might be drawn from the evidence, October 5, 1993 would be the date when the 180-day limit commenced. ... Therefore, the letter filed with the EEOC on March 29, 1994 constitutes a charge of discrimination which was timely filed.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days in a deferral state, measured from notice of termination; an untimely charge may warrant dismissal absent equitable relief.

Campau v. Orchard Hills Psychiatric Center · filed 1996-11-19(e)

As such, an EEOC charge was required to be filed by January 29, 1996 which is 300 days from April 4, 1995, the day Campau was notified of his termination. Since plaintiff only filed his EEOC charge on June 11, 1996, that filing was untimely and the instant complaint should be dismissed, pursuant to 12(b)(6) for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge in a deferral state to be filed within 300 days of the alleged unlawful employment practice; a local agency’s retroactive waiver to the EEOC may establish timely filing.

McIntosh v. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center · filed 1996-10-10(e)(1)

Accordingly, defendant’s contention that summary judgment should be granted on the ground that plaintiff failed to file a timely charge with the EEOC is rejected.
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Section 2000e-5(e) provides a 300-day period for filing an employment discrimination charge with the EEOC.

Copeland v. Prc, Inc. · filed 1996-11-15(e)

Even if EEOC had received the charge on February 28, 1994, the charge would not have been timely because that date is outside the 300-day period provided by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) and 29 U.S.C. § 626(d). Appellant concedes that he does not know when the charge was filed with EEOC, and the district court correctly held that he did not present evidence that the charge was filed within the 300-day period sufficient to withstand appellee's summary judgment motion.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 180 days of the alleged discrimination unless a continuing violation applies.

Pledger v. City of Virginia Beach · filed 1996-11-21(e)

Further, he failed to file a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission until July 7, 1993--more than 180 days after the last overt act of alleged discrimination. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). Thus, Pledger's claims are time-barred unless he established a continuing violation.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 180 days of the last alleged discriminatory act unless a continuing violation is established.

Pledger v. City of VA Beach · filed 1996-11-21(e)

Further, he failed to file a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission until July 7, 1993--more than 180 days after the last overt act of alleged discrimination. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). Thus, Pledger's claims are time-barred unless he estab- lished a continuing violation.
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Section 2000e-5(e) imposes a 300-day filing period for Pregnancy Discrimination Act claims.

Wenzlaff v. NationsBank · filed 1996-10-18(e)

Under the PDA, claims must be brought within 300 days of the alleged unlawful employment practice. ... Consequently, the Court will deny Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss with respect to Count II, and will leave this factual dispute for resolution in later proceedings.
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Section 2000e-5(e)'s 180-day deadline permits a timely EEOC charge to include earlier acts that form part of a continuing violation.

Patterson v. Augat Wiring Systems, Inc. · filed 1996-10-28(e)

Title VII requires an individual to file a timely charge with the EEOC before pursuing a statutory claim in court. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... There is an exception to the 180-day filing requirement, however, where the actions by an employer are part of a pattern of discrimination such that they constitute a continuing violation. ... This court concludes, therefore, that a reasonable jury could find that the Plaintiffs allegations, if shown to violate Title VII, constitute a continuing violation. Accordingly, Augat’s Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings is due to be DENIED on these claims against the Defendants.
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A Title VII charge submitted 250 days after the alleged discrimination is timely under the 300-day filing period when state or local proceedings are waived upon receipt.

Rosenblatt v. Bivona & Cohen, P.C. · filed 1996-11-26(e)(1)

Plaintiff submitted a discrimination charge to the E.E.O.C. and the local agencies 250 days after the last discriminatory act. Therefore, plaintiffs claim could only be timely filed if the state or local proceedings were terminated or waived within 50 days. Here, the proceedings were waived upon receipt of the submission. Because the New York City Commission on Human Rights (“N.Y.C.C.H.R.”) and the New York State Division of Human Rights (“N.Y.S.D.H.R.”) have waived their right to prosecute plaintiffs type of discrimination claim pursuant to worksharing agreements with the E.E.O.C., plaintiffs filing with the E.E.O.C. occurred within 300 days and thus was timely.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)'s filing deadline bars ADA claims based on earlier, separate promotion and pay decisions that do not qualify as a continuing violation.

Hershey v. Praxair, Inc. · filed 1996-12-10(e)(1)

The ADA, incorporating the time limitations of Title VII, requires that a charge regarding an unlawful employment practice be filed within 180 days after the unlawful employment practice occurred. 42 U.S.C. §. 12117(a); 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(l). ... Therefore, the Court finds no existence of a continuing violation sufficient to save the promotion and salary claims from the time limitations bar. Because these claims were not.brought within 180 days of the occurrence of the unlawful employment practices complained of, they are barred and are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a timely EEOC charge; a continuing violation can reach earlier acts only if the alleged discriminatory practice occurred within the filing period.

Paldano v. Althin Medical, Inc. · filed 1996-12-12(e)

The filing of a Title VII cause of action within the time limits prescribed by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) is a prerequisite to the maintenance of a Title VII action. ... Therefore, the Court finds that the continuing violation theory is inapplicable in this case.
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Section 2000e-5(e) gives a New York plaintiff 300 days to file an EEOC charge; a continuing violation can bring earlier acts within that period if an act of discrimination occurs within it.

Boyle v. McCann-Erickson, Inc. · filed 1997-01-03(e)

The 300-day EEOC filing time limitation can be tolled by evidence of a “continuing violation,” allowing a court to consider incidents occurring before the 300-day time limit as long as one act of discrimination occurred within the time limit. ... Plaintiff’s national origin claim, however, does not fall into the continuing violation exception.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII charge in Oklahoma within 300 days of the alleged unlawful employment practice; later incidents do not extend that period unless they form a continuing violation with earlier incidents.

Seals v. Oil Data, Inc. · filed 1997-02-12(e)

In Oklahoma, Title VII required plaintiff to file her charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 300 days “after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurs,” see id. & n.4; 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... Even if the 1994 incidents constituted sexual harassment, they were not closely related to the 1992 incidents such that plaintiff has demonstrated a continuing violation of Title VII.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) sets deadlines for filing Title VII discrimination charges; where a state agency has authority to address the discrimination, a 60-day period for state proceedings generally requires filing with an agency within 240 days of the alleged act.

Gray v. Shearson Lehman Bros., Inc. · filed 1996-12-09(e)(1)

Therefore, in a state with a fair employment practices agency, to file in a timely fashion with the EEOC— within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory practice — a complainant must actually file with the state agency or the EEOC within 240 days of the alleged discriminatory practice.
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Section 2000e-5(e) generally requires an EEOC charge within 180 days, but a worksharing agreement with a state agency may give a claimant the full 300 days to file.

Kleine v. Connell Communications · filed 1996-12-30(e)

Under the terms of worksharing agreements, state agencies may waive the 60-day exclusive period with the effect that the state proceedings terminate at the time of filing and provide the claimant with the full 300-day period to file.
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Section 2000e-5(e) allows 300 days to file an EEOC charge when the complaint is first filed with an authorized state agency.

Rivera v. Tone Etcetera · filed 1996-12-31(e)

The general rule requires complaints to be filed with the EEOC within 180 days of the discriminatory act, unless the complaint is first filed with an authorized state agency, in which case it must be filed within 300 days. ... However, without the parties' attention to the worksharing agreement, this legal question cannot be resolved.
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A Title VII plaintiff who initially seeks relief with a state agency must file an EEOC complaint within 300 days of the alleged unlawful act.

Mathura v. Council for Human Services Home Care Services, Inc. · filed 1997-02-12(e)

To the extent that Mathura's claims were based on acts that occurred prior to August 16, 1990, the claims are time barred because they occurred 300 days before Mathura filed his complaint with the New York State Department of Human rights. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) (Title VII plaintiff initially seeking relief with a state agency must file complaint with the EEOC within 300 days of alleged unlawful act).
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged unlawful employment practice when the claimant first pursues state or local agency proceedings.

Kresnak v. City of Muskegon Heights · filed 1997-01-22(e)(1)

Pursuant to this statute, Plaintiffs were required to file a discrimination claim with the EEOC within three hundred days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.
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Section 2000e-5(e) allows 300 days to file an administrative charge when the charge is first filed with an authorized state agency.

Sweet v. Hadco and Breton · filed 1997-02-03(e)

Accordingly, Sweet had 300 days from the last discriminatory act to file her complaint. She filed on February 8, 1995. The 300-day period, therefore, began on April 14, 1994.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)'s 300-day charge-filing period runs from the last act of a continuing violation.

D.W. v. Radisson Plaza Hotel Rochester · filed 1997-03-12(e)(1)

While it is true that many of the specific incidents occurred outside of the 300-day limitations period, Defendants are accused of an ongoing practice of discrimination that constituted a “continuing violation” of Title VII. Plaintiffs further allege that this pattern of behavior led to their being constructively discharged. For each Plaintiff involved, the subsequent filing of charges with the EEOC occurred within 300 days of their last day of employment.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)’s filing deadline is not extended by an isolated employment action merely because its effects continue.

Herrero v. St. Louis Univ. Hosp · filed 1997-03-26(e)(1)

The district court held that Herrero’s alleged demotion in 1984 was time-barred. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1); 29 U.S.C. § 626(d); Mo. Stat. Ann. §§ 213.075(1) & 213.111(1) (Vernon’s 1996). ... Our decisions make clear, however, that an isolated event, even one with continuing impact, does not constitute a continuing violation. ... Thus, the district court correctly found that this claim is time-barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e) allows 300 days to file a discrimination charge when a state agency generally has authority over the type of discrimination alleged.

Moher v. Chemfab · filed 1997-02-13(e)

Therefore, a complaint about discrimination within one of the generally protected areas, such as disability, that is filed with NHCHR within 300 days of the last discriminatory action, will be considered timely filed for purposes of the EEOC filing deadline.
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A collective bargaining agreement’s three-day grievance deadline cannot replace the 300-day Title VII filing period under § 2000e-5(e)(1).

Krahel v. Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. · filed 1997-03-13(e)(1)

The CBA effectively overrides the 300-day statute of limitations established by Congress and replaces it with a three-day statute of limitations. That is a material alteration.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a claimant to file a discrimination charge within 180 days of the alleged act, extended to 300 days when the claimant first files with a qualifying state or local agency.

Black v. Rieth-Riley Construction Co. · filed 1997-03-13(e)

As a general matter, the Act requires that a claimant file a charge with the EEOC within 180 days of an allegedly discriminatory act. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... For the reasons set forth above, this Court finds that the 300-day limitations period bars Black from pursuing his claims against Ri-eth-Riley.
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In states with an agency authorized to address employment discrimination, § 2000e-5(e) allows 300 days to file an EEOC charge; an alleged continuing discriminatory policy can prevent dismissal as untimely on the pleadings.

Yaba v. Roosevelt · filed 1997-04-16(e)

Thus, whether such a policy existed, and whether this policy of discrimination existed beyond May, 1992, the time before which non-continuing violations of Title VII would be time barred, is a disputed issue of fact that cannot be resolved on this motion. Therefore, these claims cannot be considered time barred based solely on the pleadings.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)'s 300-day charge-filing period allows earlier conduct in a continuing hostile-environment claim, but barred the failure-to-promote and training claim here.

Rush v. Scott Spec Gases Inc · filed 1997-05-14(e)(1)

We conclude that the hostile environment sexual harassment claim was timely, the failure to promote and train claim was time barred, and the introduction of evidence with respect to Scott's failure to promote and train Rush based on her sex infected the entire trial.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) sets deadlines for filing a Title VII charge; a continuing violation requires at least one discriminatory act within the filing period.

Metcalf v. Metropolitan Life, Inc. · filed 1997-04-10(e)(1)

As an initial matter, the court finds that Davis’ complaint was untimely. Title VII requires a plaintiff to file a complaint with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged violation or within 300 days with a State agency. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(l).
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory act.

Samimy v. Cornell University · filed 1997-04-23(e)

Samimy was required to file his complaint with the EEOC within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory acts. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). The filing was timely as to the 1992 performance evaluation but not at all timely as to other matters occurring prior to that time which are set forth in Samimy’s subsequent federal complaint.
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In Illinois, a complainant must file an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory act.

Lacy v. Ameritech Mobile Communications, Inc. · filed 1997-04-30(e)(1)

In Illinois, a complainant must file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC within 300 days of the allegedly discriminatory act.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days, but earlier acts may be included when they form a continuing pattern of discrimination.

Moorer v. Grumman Aerospace Corp. · filed 1997-05-19(e)

However, conduct that occurred more than 300 days before an EEOC filing may be included in a cause of action if it is a continuing pattern of discrimination. ... Given these facts, the plaintiff has alleged a continuing violation through a series of related acts beginning with the plaintiffs skill code change and transfer in 1991. Therefore, the plaintiff’s claim under Title VII arising from the plaintiff’s skill code change in 1991 is not time barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge to be filed within 180 days of the challenged conduct unless a continuing violation is established.

Foster v. Intimates · filed 1997-05-22(e)(1)

Further, a Title VII claim based on these conversations is time-barred because they took place more than 180 days before Foster filed his EEOC charge and he has not established a continuing violation.
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Section 2000e-5(e)'s 300-day EEOC charge filing deadline applies to ADA claims through 42 U.S.C. § 12117(a).

Penns v. Gannett Rochester Newspapers · filed 1997-06-10(e)

Since plaintiff has not filed a disability discrimination claim with the EEOC within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory act, his ADA claim must be dismissed.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)’s filing deadline is not tolled by an isolated employment action merely because its effects continue.

Herrero v. St. Louis University Hospital · filed 1997-04-28(e)(1)

The district court held that Herrero's alleged demotion in 1984 was time-barred. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1); 29 U.S.C. § 626(d); Mo. Stat. Ann. §§ 213.075(1) & 213.111(1) (Vernon's 1996). Herrero argues that the 1984 demotion generated a continuing violation that tolled the statutory filing deadlines. Our decisions make clear, however, that an isolated event, even one with continuing impact, does not constitute a continuing violation. See Ashley v. Boyle's Famous Corned Beef Co., 66 F.3d 164, 167 (8th Cir.1995) (en banc); Chaffin v. Rheem Mfg. Co., 904 F.2d 1269, 1271-72 (8th Cir.1990). Herrero fails to offer any evidence showing that her demotion was anything other than an isolated event. Thus, the district court correctly found that this claim is time-barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e) allows 300 days to file a Title VII charge when the claimant initially files with a state agency; a continuing violation requires discrimination within that period.

Noble v. Monsanto Co. · filed 1997-06-11(e)

The timely filing requirement is extended to 300 days when the aggrieved party initially files the complaint with a state agencv such as the Iowa Civil Rights Commission 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... With no discriminatory events based on sex occurring during the filing period, Noble’s assertion of a continuing violation fails.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 180 days when the state antidiscrimination agency lacks jurisdiction over the employer; the 300-day extension does not apply.

Baron v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey · filed 1997-06-29(e)(1)

Therefore, as to the matter before the court, since ease law and the Compact strongly suggest that neither the New York nor New Jersey antidiscrimination agencies has jurisdiction over PA, defendants’ partial motion for summary judgment to dismiss plaintiffs’ Title VII and ADEA claims for failing to file a charge with the EEOC in a timely fashion (i.e. the 180 day period) is granted as a matter of law.
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A claimant satisfies the 180-day EEOC charge deadline when an agent timely submits a written charge identifying the parties and alleged discrimination, and a later perfected charge relates back to that submission.

Carver v. Walker Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Co. · filed 1997-07-08(e)(1)

Carver filed an effective charge through her agent on November 17, 1995, and the perfected charge of December 26, 1 995, related back to the date of Smith’s memorandum.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a Title VII plaintiff in Virginia to file an EEOC charge within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act, subject to equitable modification in appropriate circumstances.

Douglas v. Dabney S. Lancaster Community College · filed 1997-07-01(e)(1)

To maintain a Title VII lawsuit in Virginia, a plaintiff must file a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows 300 days to file an EEOC charge in a state with its own antidiscrimination law and enforcement agency; isolated acts outside that period are not saved by the continuing violation doctrine.

Dixit v. City of New York Department of General Services · filed 1997-07-02(e)(1)

However, in states like New York that have their own antidiscrimination laws and enforcement agency, the limitations period for filing claims with the EEOC is 300 days. ... Therefore, Mr. Dixit may not assert a claim for any acts prior to April 1, 1992.
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The 300-day deadline for filing an EEOC charge may be equitably tolled when a complainant reasonably relies on an EEOC employee’s misinformation.

Harris v. Cook County Hospital · filed 1997-07-07(e)(1)

In light of the evidence proffered by the plaintiff, we think there exists a genuine issue of material fact. We are persuaded by those other courts that have applied equitable tolling to a Title VII limitations period where a complainant reasonably relied upon an EEOC employee’s misstatement.
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Section 2000e-5(e)’s EEOC charge filing deadline is not tolled while an employee pursues private grievance procedures.

Vargas v. Yellow Freight System, Inc. · filed 1997-07-08(e)

Even if he had made such an averment, the statutory filing deadline is not tolled during the pendency of private grievance procedures.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)’s 300-day filing period does not bar earlier discriminatory acts that are part of a continuing violation.

RUSH v. SCOTT SPECIALTY GASES, INC., Appellant · filed 1997-07-16(e)(1)

A plaintiff satisfying these requirements may present evidence and recover damages for the entire continuing violation, and the 300-day filing period will not act as a bar.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)'s 300-day charge-filing period may be equitably tolled when circumstances outside the plaintiff's control cause a missed deadline.

Finney v. Whitcomb · filed 1997-07-24(e)(1)

Accordingly, I conclude that Finney has failed to demonstrate that eguitable tolling is appropriate in her case. Thus, Finney's Title VII claims are barred by the 300-day limitations period.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows the 300-day EEOC charge-filing period only when the claimant initially files with a state or local agency authorized to provide or seek relief; otherwise, the 180-day period applies.

McGuire v. Com. of Va. · filed 1997-08-25(e)(1)

As the statute clearly states, plaintiff can only take advantage of the three hundred day period if she files a claim with a state agency authorized to provide or seek relief from the alleged unlawful employment practice. Plaintiff does not allege that she filed such a claim.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) provides a 300-day period for filing an EEOC charge when proceedings are initially instituted with a state or local agency.

Bolt v. Norfolk Southern Corp. · filed 1997-07-31(e)(1)

Further, this Court has previously held that the Virginia Council on Human Rights is a deferral agency such that the 300-day period proscribed in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) applies. ... Accordingly, the Court DENIES Norfolk Southern’s Motion for Summary Judgment based on this issue.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a timely administrative charge before a Title VII claim may proceed.

Gazda v. Pioneer Chlor Alkali Co., Inc. · filed 1997-09-10(e)(1)

Insofar as Plaintiffs claim is based on the St. Gabriel incidents in February 1993, the claim is time-barred. Plaintiff did not file a timely charge with the EEOC or a state agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of the discrimination laws.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days; separate, final promotion denials are not a continuing violation that extends that deadline.

Reno v. Metropolitan Transit Authority · filed 1997-08-12(e)(1)

An aggrieved party is required under Title VII to file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC “within three hundred days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). ... Thus, the Court finds that the 1991 and 1992 promotions are not a continuing violation and accordingly, Reno’s claims based on these decisions are dismissed as untimely.
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Section 2000e-5(e)’s charge-filing deadline is not extended by a continuing-violation theory when applicants experienced only one discrete application of an allegedly discriminatory policy.

Lanning v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · filed 1997-08-13(e)

Clearly, the administration of the 1991 test was a discrete act and does not demonstrate that SEPTA was engaged in a “persistent, on-going pattern” of discrimination with respect to the 1991 applicants. Thus, even if the Court finds that the physical fitness test is an ongoing discriminatory policy, the Court could not apply the continuing violations theory to save the 1991 applicants claims because the 1991 applicants’ rights were not violated by this policy on an ongoing basis.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title I ADA claimant to file a timely EEOC charge; in a state with a designated discrimination agency, the deadline is 300 days after the challenged employment practice.

Dominguez v. City of Council Bluffs, Iowa · filed 1997-08-13(e)

This court agrees that an employee making a claim under Title I of the ADA (which tracks the procedures for Title VII actions) is required to timely file an EEOC charge. ... In Iowa, where there is a state agency, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (ICRC), designated for consideration of discrimination claims, a claimant has 300 days after an unlawful employment practice to file his EEOC charge.
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In Minnesota, a Title VII charge must be filed with the EEOC within 300 days of the discriminatory act.

Woodson v. International Brotherhood of Electric Workers Local 292 · filed 1997-08-15(e)(1)

To be timely in Minnesota, a charge of discrimination must be filed with the EEOC within 300 days of the discriminatory act. ... Plaintiffs DeJesus and Woodson failed to comply with the limitations period and exhaustion requirements to bring their Title VII claims against these defendants.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an employee to file an EEOC charge within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act, or the last act of a continuing violation.

Welch v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · filed 1997-08-19(e)

The employee has 180 days from the date of the alleged discriminatory act (or the last discriminatory act in the case of a continuing violation) to file a charge of discrimination. ... Further, the Court notes that even if there was admissible evidence of the statement allegedly made in 1993, Plaintiffs Title VII harassment claim still would be time-barred because the statement still would have been made more than 180 days prior to Plaintiffs filing his charge of discrimination with the EEOC in January 1995.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)’s 300-day filing period can encompass earlier discriminatory acts when a continuing violation is shown.

Riedinger v. D'AMICANTINO · filed 1997-08-19(e)(1)

Thus, whether specific and related instances of discrimination amounting to a discriminatory practice beyond the time before which non-continuing violations of Title VII should be time barred is a disputed issue of fact that cannot be resolved on this motion.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a Title VII claimant who did not first seek relief from a qualifying state or local agency to file an EEOC charge within 180 days of the alleged discrimination.

Carney v. NYS Division of Housing & Community Renewal · filed 1997-09-22(e)(1)

Title VII and the ADA require that charges be filed with the EEOC within 180 days after the last alleged act of discrimination has occurred, unless a plaintiff has initially instituted proceedings with a State or local agency that has the authority to grant or seek relief from such discriminatory practice. ... Therefore, since Carney did not file a complaint with a State or local agency after her termination, she was required to file a charge with the EEOC by January 1990.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows 300 days to file an EEOC charge when the claimant first institutes proceedings with a state or local agency authorized to grant or seek relief; otherwise, the 180-day period applies.

Tokuta v. James Madison University · filed 1997-09-23(e)(1)

After careful analysis, this court holds that the Virginia Council is not a deferral agency, and that, therefore, plaintiffs complaint was not timely filed.
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Section 2000e-5(e) allows 300 days to file a discrimination charge in a deferral state under a worksharing agreement; a later verified charge may relate back to a timely unverified filing.

Kidwell v. Bd. of County Com'rs of Shawnee County · filed 1997-09-30(e)

The defendant is correct that a complainant generally must file charges with the E.E.O.C. within 180 days of the discriminatory practice unless the complainant first files charges with a state or local agency- having the authority to compel relief from the charged practice which then extends the filing period to 300 days. ... Assuming that the plaintiff did file his August 1995 letters with the E.E.O.C., the plaintiffs verified charge in March 1996 “would relate back to amend the deficiency in his” earlier filing. ... The defendant is not entitled to dismissal of the plaintiffs ADA or Title VII claims on the arguments as presented.
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Section 2000e-5(e) gives a claimant who first files with a state or local equal employment agency 300 days to file an EEOC charge; earlier incidents require a continuing violation to be considered.

Dudley v. Metro-Dade County · filed 1997-10-25(e)

Accordingly, the Court finds that Dudley has failed to demonstrate a continuing violation and thus has not overcome the 300-day limitations period which bars consideration of the pre-June 1994 incidents.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an ADA employment discrimination charge to be filed within 300 days, but related discriminatory acts may constitute a continuing violation that keeps earlier claims timely.

Madjlessi v. MacY's West, Inc. · filed 1997-11-17(e)(1)

Assuming that Madjlessi’s interpretation of the facts are true, the court finds that the incidents would constitute a continuing violation. The incidents show that Madjlessi’s career was on a downward spiral which Madjlessi contends was orchestrated by Graff and others at Broadway and, hence, her claims would not be time-barred.
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A Title VII harassment charge must be filed with the EEOC within 300 days after the alleged discrimination.

O'Shea v. Yellow Technology Services, Inc. · filed 1997-09-26(e)

Under Title VII and the ADEA, the preceding charge of harassment must be filed with the EEOC within 300 days after the alleged discrimination.
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Section 2000e-5(e) imposes a 180-day deadline for filing an EEOC charge after an alleged discriminatory act.

Lacy Carter, Jr. v. City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Sewer Department Kevin McGovern · filed 1997-10-03(e)

Carter filed his EEOC charge more than one year after the allegedly discriminatory denial of promotion occurred, thereby missing the 180 day deadline. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e); 29 U.S.C. § 626(d).
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In a deferral state, a plaintiff who initiates state agency proceedings has 300 days after a discriminatory act to file an EEOC charge.

Gadbois v. ROCK-TENN CO., MILL DIV. INC. · filed 1997-11-05(e)

In a deferral state such as Vermont, a plaintiff who has initially instituted proceedings with a state agency is allowed three hundred (300) days after a discriminatory act to file a charge of age or sex discrimination with the EEOC.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days of the discriminatory act; the continuing violation doctrine does not extend that period for an isolated failure to promote.

Hopson v. Dollar Bank · filed 1997-10-14(e)(1)

Title VII requires that a claimant file a charge with the EEOC within 300 days of the allegedly discriminatory act. ... In light of the Third Circuit court’s caution to be circumspect in applying the continuing violation theory and to closely scrutinize requests for application of the doctrine, and considering the three factors relevant to the determination of whether a plaintiff has demonstrated a continuing violation, I find that Hopson’s failure to promote claims are not subject to the continuing violation doctrine.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) gives a person 300 days to file a discrimination charge with a qualifying state or local agency; filing an unemployment-benefits claim with a different agency does not satisfy that requirement.

Zimmerman v. State of Oregon Department of Justice · filed 1997-10-31(e)(1)

There is a 180-day deadline for filing discrimination charges with the EEOC and a 300-day deadline for filing charges with the state or local agency. ... I find no support for plaintiffs contention that filing a claim for unemployment benefits with the state Employment Department can be considered the equivalent of filing a claim with BOLI, even if the claim includes charges of discrimination.
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In a deferral state, the deadline for filing a Title VII or ADA discrimination charge with the EEOC extends from 180 to 300 days.

Armstrong v. Rolm A Siemans Co · filed 1997-11-13(e)(1)

Because Virginia is a deferral state, the usual 180-day limitation for filing Title VII and ADA claims of discrimination with the EEOC (42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) (1994)) is extended to 300 days.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a complainant to file with the EEOC within 180 days of the unlawful practice, with a 300-day period when the complainant files with a deferral agency.

Mosley v. Northern VA Comm Col · filed 1997-11-18(e)

Under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e), a complainant must file with the EEOC within 180 days of the unlawful practice. Because Mosley's complaint was filed more than 180 days after August 6, 1993, and because he did not file with a"deferral agency" (which would have extended the time period to 300 days), the district court properly dismissed these claims as time-barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a timely EEOC charge before a Title VII claim can proceed; in Minnesota, the filing period is 300 days from the discriminatory act.

Moss v. Advance Circuits, Inc. · filed 1997-11-20(e)(1)

Exhaustion requires that a timely charge of discrimination be filed with the EEOC. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). To be timely in Minnesota, a charge of discrimination must be filed with the EEOC within 300 days of the discriminatory act. ... As a result, any factual allegations of the plaintiff arising before January 5, 1994, 300 days before plaintiff filed her first race discrimination charge with the EEOC on November 1, 1994, ... will not be considered by the court.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) gives a plaintiff in a deferral state 300 days to file a discrimination charge, measured from notice of the alleged discriminatory action.

Nelson v. Lockheed Missiles · filed 1997-11-24(e)(1)

However, in a deferral state, such as South Carolina, that time is extended to 300 days. ... This court has previously held that the time period in discrimination cases begins to run when the plaintiff receives notice of the alleged discrimination, not when the discrimination actually occurs. ... We find that by at least September 3, 1992, Nelson was placed on notice that he would be removed from his prior position.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged discrimination, but a plaintiff who proves a continuing violation may pursue earlier acts that were part of it.

Dargento v. Bally's Holiday Fitness Centers · filed 1997-12-11(e)

Plaintiffs do have the burden of proof to show a continuing violation to get the claims for discrimination that occurred more than 300 days before the EEOC filings to trial before this Court. ... Because of the nature of plaintiffs’ claims and the fact that there has been no discovery, summary judgment on the timeliness issue must be denied.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)’s 180-day charge-filing deadline does not bar earlier acts in a continuing practice of discrimination when a related act occurred within the filing period.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Camp Corp. · filed 1997-12-02(e)(1)

Under the “continuing violation” doctrine, however, an employer who has committed a series of discrete acts which amount to a practice of discrimination cannot rely on the 180 day filing requirement to bar an employee’s suit unless the employee has waited more than 180 days from the last occurrence of one of the discrete acts.
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Section 2000e-5(e)'s 300-day charge-filing period can reach earlier related acts under the continuing violation theory if at least one act occurred within that period.

Lenihan v. Boeing Co. · filed 1998-01-14(e)

The continuing violation theory relieves a plaintiff of establishing that all of the discriminatory conduct occurred within the limitations period if the plaintiff can show a series of related acts, at least one of which occurred within the limitations period.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC complaint within 180 days of the incident, or within 300 days if state or local proceedings are initiated.

Beall v. Abbott Laboratories · filed 1997-12-02(e)(1)

To pursue this claim, Beall must have filed a complaint with the EEOC within 180 days of the incident, or within 300 days of the incident if state or local proceedings are initiated. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) (1994).
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Section 2000e-5(e)'s filing period runs from the last discriminatory act; continuing effects of earlier conduct do not extend it.

Russell v. Easter Seals · filed 1997-12-10(e)

His fellow employees’ intrusive questions were not discriminatory acts, but instead were the “residual effects” of Richey’s harassing remarks and cannot serve to extend the limitations period.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) gives a claimant who initiates state proceedings 300 days after the alleged discrimination or 30 days after state proceedings end, whichever is earlier, to file an EEOC charge.

Leptich v. City College of San Francisco · filed 1998-01-15(e)(1)

If the complainant initiates state proceedings, the complainant then has 300 days from the date of the alleged discrimination or 30 days from the date of termination of the state proceedings, whichever is earlier, to file a charge with the EEOC.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)’s 300-day filing period does not apply to a Commissioner’s charge alleging a continuing pattern or practice of discrimination.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. · filed 1998-01-20(e)(1)

Similarly, to impose a 300-day limitations period on the Commissioner’s charge would be inconsistent with the very nature of a pattern or practice violation. This is, however, what Mitsubishi wants us to do. We decline this invitation.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)'s charge-filing deadline may be equitably tolled when the EEOC misleads a claimant about filing requirements and the resulting delay is excusable.

Schlueter v. Anheuser-Busch · filed 1998-01-06(e)(1)

However, when an agency misleads a complainant as to certain specific pleading requirements, a claimant's failure to adhere to those requirements may be excusable, and thus, equitable tolling may apply. We find that the misleading conduct of the EEOC in this case was sufficient to justify Schlueter's neglect.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)'s charge-filing deadline may be equitably tolled when misleading EEOC instructions cause a claimant to reasonably believe she has taken the required steps to file a charge.

Lawrence v. Cooper Communities · filed 1998-01-06(e)(1)

In sum, Lawrence's failure to file a timely charge arose from the EEOC's misconduct which is a circumstance beyond Lawrence's control and constitutes excusable neglect for Lawrence's failure to file a timely charge. Based upon the EEOC's instructions and its interpretation of the charge filing procedures, Lawrence reasonably believed that she had taken all of the required steps to activate the Title VII statutory machinery. As such, we find sufficient evidence to equitably toll the statute of limitations period.
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In states with a local agency for Title VII claims, § 2000e-5(e)(1) allows 300 days to file an EEOC charge after an unlawful employment practice.

Mitchell v. Fab Industries, Inc. · filed 1998-01-09(e)(1)

However, in states such as New York which have established a local agency to facilitate Title VII claims, the claimant may file a complaint within 300 days after the alleged unlawful employment practice. ... Thus, the April 1991 statue incident, insofar as it relates to Mitchell's Title VII claims, is time-barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII claimant to file an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory event.

Wado v. Xerox Corp. · filed 1998-01-16(e)

Under Title VII, a claimant must file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC within 300 days after the alleged discriminatory event.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires Title VII claims to be filed within 300 days after the alleged unlawful employment practice.

Cunningham v. Kansas City Star Co. · filed 1998-02-03(e)(1)

Title VII claims must be filed within 300 days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows 300 days to file an EEOC retaliation charge when the state fair employment agency has jurisdiction over the claim.

Mason v. K Mart Corp. · filed 1998-01-30(e)(1)

For these reasons, the Court finds that the FCHR is a designated FEP agency with subject matter jurisdiction over Title VII retaliation claims. As such, Plaintiffs time to file was extended from 180 to 300 days pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5.
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Section 2000e-5(e) permits a timely charge for continuing harassment when at least one discriminatory act occurs within the 180-day filing period.

Lucero-Nelson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority · filed 1998-02-24(e)

The Court is persuaded that plaintiff has alleged a “continuing violation” and that several of the discriminatory incidents occurred within the 180 day limitations period. Thus, plaintiffs sexual harassment and national origin claims under Title VII were timely.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII charge within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act, or within 300 days if the complainant first files with an appropriate state or local agency.

Compton v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs · filed 1998-02-17(e)

Generally, when alleging a claim pursuant to Title VII, a plaintiff must initiate charges within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). However, if the plaintiff first filed a complaint with an appropriate state or local agency, the plaintiff then must file a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC within 300 days from the date of the alleged discriminatory act. ... As to his minor league employment, however, I agree that the plaintiffs claims are untimely.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) gives a Title VII plaintiff in Virginia 180 days after the alleged discrimination to file an administrative charge because Virginia is not a deferral state.

Kidwell v. Sheetz, Inc. · filed 1998-02-24(e)(1)

The defendants accurately state that a Title VII plaintiff in Virginia has 180, rather than 300, days from the final allegedly discriminatory act of his employer to file an administrative charge of discrimination.
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Section 2000e-5 requires a timely EEOC charge concerning the alleged discrimination and a lawsuit within 90 days of receiving the corresponding right-to-sue letter.

Chavez v. Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space · filed 1998-02-27(e)(1), (f)(1)

In order to bring a discrimination claim in federal court plaintiff must first file an administrative charge with the EEOC within a maximum of 300 days of the events constituting discrimination. ... Chavez has failed to allege that he filed a relevant administrative charge with the EEOC within 300 days of his 1991 termination or that he filed the present action within 90 days of receiving a corresponding right-to-sue letter, as required by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1).
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a New York employee to file an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged discrimination; an employer’s continuing failure to remedy harassment does not make earlier harassment timely.

Burrell v. City University of New York · filed 1998-02-26(e)

In New York, an employee must file an EEOC complaint within 300 days of the events alleged. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... The fact that CUNY’s failure to remediate lasted into the limitations period cannot render the earlier occurrences of sexual harassment timely; CUNYs failure to remediate goes to establish CUNYs liability, not to establish actionable sexual harassment.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII complaint to be filed with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory act, or within 300 days in a deferral state.

Rubinstein v. Administrators of Tulane · filed 1998-03-06(e)

A party alleging a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (“EEOC”) within 180 days from when the alleged discriminatory act occurred, or within 300 days from this act if the forum state in which the claim is brought is a “deferral” state.
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In a deferral state, the deadline to file an EEOC charge extends to 300 days, but the claimant must still file the charge.

Wesley v. Howard University · filed 1998-03-05(e)(1)

The District of Columbia’s status as a deferral state does not eliminate the need to file an EEOC complaint, but only extends the time for filing with the EEOC to 300 days from the date of the alleged discriminatory act.
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In Texas, a Title VII claimant must file an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged unlawful employment practice.

Snooks v. University of Houston, Clear Lake · filed 1998-03-06(e)

To sustain a Title VII claim in Texas, a plaintiff must file her charge of discrimination with the EEOC within 300 days of the “alleged unlawful employment practice.”
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows a 300-day EEOC filing period when a state worksharing agreement treats a charge received by the EEOC as filed with the state agency.

McGuirk v. Eastern General Insurance Agency · filed 1998-03-09(e)(1)

I agree, and hold that the effect of the Works-haring Agreement is to extend the filing period to 300 days, making plaintiffs complaint timely.
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Section 2000e-5 requires a Title VII charge within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory conduct; a continuing violation can extend that period for related earlier acts.

Kepple v. GPU INC. · filed 1998-04-17(e)(1)

Title VII requires that plaintiff file his charge of discrimination within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory conduct. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5. The continuing violation theory, however, can extend this limitations period in certain limited circumstances. ... Recovery for that prior conduct, however, is barred by the statute of limitations.
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Section 2000e-5(e) allows a court to consider conduct outside the 300-day filing period when the plaintiff shows a continuing pattern of discrimination.

White v. Midwest Office Technology, Inc. · filed 1998-04-28(e)

In light of Martin, the court finds that plaintiff has shown enough to avoid summary judgment on the statute of limitations issue and therefore the court will consider evidence of incidents that occurred prior to the 300-day statutory time limitation.
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Section 2000e-5(e) excludes discrimination incidents outside the applicable 300-day EEOC charge period unless they are part of a continuing violation.

Dahdal v. Thorn Americas, Inc. · filed 1998-03-19(e)

Under Title VII, the administrative charges must be filed with the EEOC within 300 days after the alleged discrimination. ... Accordingly, incidents of alleged discrimination occurring prior to February 2, 1995— 300 days prior to the filing of plaintiffs EEOC charge—will be excluded by the court.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge to be filed within 300 days in states such as Kansas, and the period begins when the employee is notified of the challenged decision.

Webb v. Owens-Corning · filed 1998-03-26(e)

A charge of discrimination must be filed within 300 days after the alleged unlawful practice occurs. 2 See 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-5(e), 12117(a). ... The 300 day filing period begins to run when the employee is notified of the adverse employment decision.
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Section 2000e-5(e) allows 300 days to file a Title VII charge first filed with an authorized state agency after the alleged discriminatory act.

Boisvert v. Sears, Roebuck & C o . · filed 1998-03-24(e)

The general rule requires complaints to be filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) within 180 days of the discriminatory act, unless the complaint is first filed with an authorized state agency, in which case it must be filed within 300 days. ... Thus, Boisvert’s claim of discrimination in hiring, Count II of her complaint, is not barred by the administrative limitations period.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows 300 days to file a discrimination charge when proceedings are initiated with a qualifying state or local agency.

Komac v. Gordon Food Service · filed 1998-05-06(e)(1)

Therefore, Komac’s Title VII claims are subject to a 300-day statute of limitations under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1).
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged unlawful employment practice when the charge is filed with a State or local agency that has not terminated its proceedings.

Etefia v. East Baltimore Community Corp. · filed 1998-03-25(e)(1)

In instances where the charge is filed with a State or local agency and the State or local agency does not terminate proceedings under State or local law, the prospective plaintiff must file his EEOC charge within 300 days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.
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In Massachusetts, § 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a Title VII claim to be filed with the MCAD within 240 days of the discriminatory act.

Gaines v. Boston Herald, Inc. · filed 1998-03-30(e)(1)

In Massachusetts, a Title VII claim is timely if filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD”) within 240 days of the complained of act of discrimination.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)’s charge-filing deadline can allow claims based on earlier conduct when a continuing violation extends into the filing period.

King v. Auto, Truck, Industrial Parts & Supply Inc. · filed 1998-03-28(e)(1)

The Court finds that under a continuing violation theory, Plaintiffs are not time-barred from alleging conduct occurring prior to their respective limitations periods. Both Plaintiffs were employed at ATI within the applicable statutory periods, and both allege continuing hostile environment sexual harassment and disparate treatment occurring before and throughout those periods. Viewing the facts in a light most favorable to Plaintiffs, a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether the discriminatory practices alleged by Plaintiffs during their 300 (Title VII) and 365 (FCRA) day windows were continuing violations of discriminatory conduct occurring prior to those dates.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a discrimination charge within 300 days, but the continuing violation doctrine can allow claims based on related earlier conduct.

Graaf v. North Shore University Hospital · filed 1998-04-07(e)

Under Title VII, plaintiffs are required to file their claims before the EEOC within 300 days. ... The court holds that the complaint, construed favorably on plaintiffs behalf, alleges a discriminatory discharge based on factors other than disability and that the continuing violation doctrine does apply to save Graaf s Title VII claim.
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The 300-day EEOC filing period covers an ongoing hostile work environment when conduct in that course occurs within the period, but it does not revive separate, earlier demotion or promotion claims.

Huckabay v. Edward Moore, Individually and in His Official Capacity as County Commissioner, and Jefferson C · filed 1998-04-07(e)(1)

Where it is applicable, the continuing violation doctrine applies to excuse the 300-day exhaustion requirement only as to the course of conduct that constitutes that violation.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged discrimination in Illinois; earlier promotion and pay claims are not saved unless they form a continuing violation.

Payne v. Abbott Laboratories · filed 1998-03-30(e)

In Illinois, an individual must file an EEOC charge within three hundred days of the alleged discriminatory conduct; failure to file within that time bars litigation of plaintiffs claims. ... Accordingly, the continuing violation doctrine does not revive Payne’s stale discrimination in promotion and pay claims.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a Title VII plaintiff to file an EEOC charge within 300 days; a continuing violation theory does not preserve older claims when the plaintiff already knew of the alleged discrimination.

Villines v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America · filed 1998-03-31(e)(1)

A Title VII plaintiff must file an administrative charge of discrimination with the EEOC within 300 days of the “alleged unlawful employment practice.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). ... Under these circumstances, the plaintiff may not rely on a continuing violation theory to base her discrimination and retaliation claims on events that occurred in May 1990 and spring of 1992.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a claimant to file an EEOC charge within 180 days of the allegedly discriminatory practice.

Harel v. Rutgers, State University · filed 1998-04-24(e)

Title VII requires a claimant to file an EEOC charge within 180 days of the allegedly discriminatory practice. ... Harel did not file any charge with the EEOC until September 13, 1995, almost two years after his 180-day limitations period had expired.
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Law changed since National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan (June 10, 2002) permits related hostile environment conduct outside the filing period when one contributing act is timely, regardless of when the employee recognized the harassment.

Section 2000e-5(e)(1) gives a plaintiff who files with a state agency 300 days to file an EEOC charge; a plaintiff who knew of the alleged harassment when it occurred cannot use the continuing violation exception to revive earlier conduct.

Karen WEBB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY ASSOCIATES OF NORTH TEXAS, P.A.; Michael MacK, M.D., Defendan · filed 1998-04-30(e)(1)

Webb therefore cannot rely on the equitable exception of a continuing violation and the district court correctly concluded that Mack’s conduct prior to September 20, 1994 was time-barred'.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a claimant who first files with a state agency to file with the EEOC within 300 days; a continuing violation does not revive older acts the claimant knew were discriminatory.

Provencher v. CVS Pharmacy · filed 1998-05-26(e)

Title VII requires that an employment discrimination charge that is first filed with the appropriate state agency, as here, be filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission within 300 days of the alleged discrimination. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... Even where a plaintiff alleges a violation within the appropriate statute of limitations period, the continuing violation claim will fail if the plaintiff was or should have been aware that he was being unlawfully discriminated against while the earlier acts, now untimely, were taking place. ... As Provencher admits that he knew he was being harassed long before he brought his sexual harassment suit, and certainly had this knowledge before the statute of limitations period had run, his continuing violation claim cannot stand.
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In a deferral jurisdiction, § 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a claimant to file an EEOC charge within 300 days of the discriminatory act; a later nondiscriminatory act cannot revive earlier harassment as a continuing violation.

Cardona v. Aramark Services of Puerto Rico, Inc. · filed 1998-06-22(e)(1)

In a deferral jurisdiction, a claimant must file her claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory act. ... And while Ramirez’ pre-June 11, 1991, conduct was extreme enough to constitute sexual harassment, the nondiscriminatory conduct of May 20, 1992, is too dissimilar in nature and too removed in time to serve as an anchor to which the earlier conduct may be linked. ... Accordingly, the Court is compelled to hold that Rosas’ claim for sexual harassment is time-barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII charge to be filed with the EEOC within 300 days of discrimination; for continuing discriminatory pay, the period runs from the last discriminatory paycheck.

Bhawan v. Fallon Clinic, Inc. · filed 1998-05-15(e)

One who wishes to pursue claims under Title VII or the ADEA must file them with the EEOC within 300 days of the alleged act of discrimination. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... The alleged discrimination, however, involved pay violations which are of a continuing nature. The limitations period did not begin to run, therefore, until the last discriminatory act occurred and that was when Bhawan received her final paycheck in July, 1996.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII charge in Alabama to be filed with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged violation.

Tipp v. AmSouth Bank · filed 1998-05-19(e)

The Court cannot agree with the defendant that plaintiffs claim of gender harassment must fail because she did not file a timely charge with the EEOC. As stated above, in Alabama a plaintiff must file a Title VII discrimination charge with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged violation. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e).
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Section 2000e-5(e)'s 300-day deadline for filing an EEOC charge may be equitably tolled when an EEOC official gives an employee inaccurate filing information.

Garcia v. United Parcel Service, Inc. · filed 1998-05-21(e)

The statute governing complaint procedures requires that a formal charge be filed with the EEOC office within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory act. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e). ... Therefore, I find that the inaccurate information promulgated by the EEOC merits application of the equitable tolling doctrine under the facts of this case.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 300 days of the discriminatory conduct.

Stukes v. Aetna Insulated Wire · filed 1998-05-21(e)(1)

We find that eight of the instances of alleged discrimination are barred from consideration because Stukes failed to file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Com- mission ("EEOC") within 300 days of the discriminatory conduct. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) (1994).
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a timely EEOC charge, but the continuing violation doctrine can make a hostile environment claim timely when conduct in the same course of harassment occurred within the 300-day filing period.

Huckabay v. Moore · filed 1998-05-22(e)(1)

Where it is applicable, the continuing violation doctrine applies to excuse the 300-day exhaustion requirement only as to the course of conduct that constitutes that violation.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a timely charge of discrimination with the EEOC; the filing deadline is subject to equitable tolling.

Damron v. Yellow Freight System, Inc. · filed 1998-06-26(e)

For purposes of asserting a claim under Title VII, this charge of employment discrimination was required to be filed by Damron directly with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory event. ... Accordingly, the Title VII claim of failure to hire or failure to promote to regular driver status is time-barred and will be DISMISSED.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an EEOC charge within 180 days of discrimination, but a continuing hostile work environment may satisfy that deadline when harassment extends into the filing period.

Frazier v. Smith · filed 1998-06-26(e)

Presumably, Plaintiff’s harassment ended when she was terminated on August 1, 1995, within 180 days of her charge. Accordingly, the Court cannot find as a matter of law that no racially hostile work environment existed in the 180 days prior to Plaintiff’s EEOC charge.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 180 days of the discriminatory act, or within 300 days if state or local proceedings are instituted.

McCorkle v. Veda Incorporated · filed 1998-07-02(e)(1)

Title VII requires that plaintiffs file complaints with the EEOC within 180 days of the discriminatory action, or within 300 days if state or local proceedings are instituted.
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An intake questionnaire and affidavit can satisfy the 300-day charge-filing deadline when the EEOC treats them as a charge.

Ingram v. Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. · filed 1998-05-15(e)(1)

Thus, given the EEOC’s treatment of Ingram’s Intake Questionnaire and affidavit as a charge, the court concludes Ingram timely filed his administrative charge on June 27, 1996, within the applicable 300-day limitation period.
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In a state-agency deferral case, § 2000e-5(e)(1) generally limits Title VII claims to acts occurring within 300 days before the EEOC charge.

Cable v. New York State Thruway Authority · filed 1998-05-18(e)(1)

In sum, the Court concludes that plaintiffs Title VII and ADA claims will be limited to those allegations occurring within 300 days prior to December 20, 1996. Her federal claims are dismissed as to any incidents alleged to have occurred outside this time period.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) gives a claimant who initiates state agency proceedings 300 days to file an EEOC charge; earlier conduct may qualify under a continuing violation theory when related acts fall within that period.

Webb v. Surg · filed 1998-05-19(e)(1)

Webb therefore cannot rely on the equitable exception of a continuing violation and the district court correctly concluded that Mack’s conduct prior to September 20, 1994 was time-barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) gives a claimant 300 days to file these Title VII claims; older claims require evidence of a continuing violation.

Hudson v. Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems, Inc. · filed 1998-05-21(e)(1)

Claims under Title VII are governed by, in this case, a 300 day statute of limitations. ... In light of the conelusory nature of the plaintiffs factual allegations, the court, finds insufficient evidence of a continuing violation from 1975 to the present. ... Thus, the claims relating to incidents occurring prior to the statute of limitations are time barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e) bars a Title VII claim when the discrimination charge is filed after the applicable 300-day period.

Tran v. Standard Motor Products, Inc. · filed 1998-05-29(e)

To the extent plaintiffs failure to grieve claim is brought pursuant to Title VII, the claim is clearly time-barred. ... Plaintiff filed his charge of discrimination against defendant Union in May 1997 — long after the expiration of the 300-day period.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) provides a 300-day limitations period for Title VII claims in this case; conclusory allegations of a continuing violation do not extend it.

Johnson v. Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems, Inc. · filed 1998-05-21(e)(1)

Claims under Title VII are governed by, in this case, a 300 day statute of limitations. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). ... Nevertheless, her allegations that defendant failed to promote her due to her race are merely conclusory, unsupported by specific factual allegations which would lead the Court to conclude there existed a continuing violation from 1967 to 1997.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a timely discrimination charge; an untimely amendment alleging a new theory without a factual connection to the original charge does not relate back.

Fairchild v. Forma Scientific, Inc. And Life Sciences International, Inc. · filed 1998-06-10(e)

Based on our reading of the regulation and our understanding of the policies supporting the charge-filing requirement, we hold that the disability discrimination charge does not relate back to the age discrimination charge. Thus the disability discrimination charge was filed outside the prescribed period, and Fair-child is precluded from bringing a claim under the ADA.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a timely charge of discrimination with the EEOC.

Bennett v. Warner Jenkinson Co. · filed 1998-05-26(e)(1)

Upon careful review of the record, we agree with the district court that Bennett failed to show he filed a timely ... charge of discrimination with the EEOC.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) gives a claimant 300 days to file a charge only if she first institutes proceedings with an authorized state or local agency; otherwise, the 180-day period applies.

Parker v. State of Del., Dept. of Public Safety · filed 1998-05-28(e)(1)

Plaintiff has not alleged she instituted such proceedings and conceded at oral argument that none was pursued. Therefore, the 180 limitation period applies.
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In a deferral state, § 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a Title VII plaintiff to file an administrative charge within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory act.

Thiessen v. General Electric Capital Corp. · filed 1998-06-23(e)(1)

In a deferral state like Kansas, a plaintiff asserting a claim under the ADEA or Title VII must file an administrative charge within 300 days after the alleged discriminatory act occurred.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a plaintiff to file an EEOC charge within 180 days of alleged discrimination, subject to the continuing violation exception.

Naia v. Deal · filed 1998-06-30(e)

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Plaintiff, a question of fact remains as to whether Defendants’ alleged discrimination constitutes a continuing violation of Title VII. Therefore, the Court will deny Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment on this ground.
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Section 2000e-5(e)'s 300-day filing limit excludes earlier harassment incidents when they are not part of a continuing discriminatory practice.

Haug v. City of Topeka, Equipment Management Division · filed 1998-07-02(e)

In this case, plaintiff admits to being aware of her right to file a discrimination charge as early as July 3,1991. Accordingly, the court will not consider evidence of incidents that occurred prior to the 300-day statutory time limitation in its analysis of plaintiffs sexual harassment claim.
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Section 2000e-5(e) sets deadlines for filing an EEOC charge; claims based on incidents outside the filing period are time-barred.

Querry v. Messar · filed 1998-07-27(e)

Because Querry did not file her EEOC charge until July 9, 1997, more than two years after these incidents occurred, they are time-barred, and accordingly, we cannot consider them.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)'s 300-day period permits earlier harassment to be considered as background when assessing conduct within the period in a hostile environment case.

Howard v. Burns Bros. Inc. · filed 1998-07-14(e)(1)

In hostile environment cases, harassing acts committed outside the 300-day period are nevertheless relevant as background in assessing the sexual content of acts that occurred during the relevant time period or in the case of a continuing violation.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows a 300-day EEOC filing period when state law prohibits the alleged practice and a qualifying state agency receives the charge; authority to seek voluntary conciliation is enough for the agency to qualify.

Tinsley v. First Union National Bank · filed 1998-09-02(e)(1)

The Virginia Council on Human Rights is a qualifying deferral agency because it has the authority to seek relief from unlawful employment practices, and therefore discrimination claims filed in Virginia are subject to the 300-day period of limitations.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 180 days unless the claimant initiates proceedings with a state or local agency authorized to act on the alleged discrimination.

Rose v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey · filed 1998-07-16(e)(1)

Therefore, in cases involving the Port Authority and its liability under Title VII and the ADEA, a plaintiff must file a claim with the EEOC within 180 days of the occurrence of the discriminatory act.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows 300 days to file an EEOC charge when a state or local agency has jurisdiction over the claim; otherwise, the deadline is 180 days.

Settecase v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ · filed 1998-07-21(e)(1)

Since the HRL does not apply to the Port Authority, the DHR does not have subject matter jurisdiction over it, and plaintiff had only 180 days to file her claim with the EEOC. Her federal claims under Title VII and the ADA, filed more than 180 days after the alleged violation, are thus untimely.
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Section 2000e-5(e) gives a Title VII claimant up to 300 days after an alleged discriminatory act to file an EEOC charge.

Leskinen v. Utz Quality Foods, Inc. · filed 1998-07-21(e)

However, under Title VII, Leskinen had a maximum of 300 days from the occurrence of an alleged discriminatory act to file a timely charge with the EEOC.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) limits Title VII charges in this state to conduct within 300 days of filing, but linked earlier conduct may qualify under the continuing violation theory.

Motley v. Tractor Supply Co. · filed 1998-07-23(e)(1)

In this state, Title VII allows for the filing of a claim of discrimination only in relation to incidents that have occurred within 300 days of the date of the filing. ... The key to the continuing violation theory is to link the time-barred incidents with related conduct occurring within the limitations period.
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Section 2000e-5(e) bars untimely discrimination allegations from supporting a claim when the claimant knew of the alleged violation and cannot establish a continuing violation.

LaRose v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. · filed 1998-09-09(e)

I conclude that she cannot proceed under a continuing violation theory of sexual harassment and any allegations that occurred before June 15, 1994 are barred as untimely and cannot support her claims.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 180 days of the challenged act, or within 300 days if state or local proceedings are initiated.

Marshall v. Home Depot USA Inc · filed 1998-10-20(e)(1)

Marshall's failure to promote claim is time-barred. Marshall must have filed a complaint with the EEOC within 180 days of the inci- dent, or within 300 days of the incident if state or local proceedings are initiated. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) (1994); Beall v. Abbott Lab., 130 F.3d 614, 620 (4th Cir. 1997).
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)'s 180-day EEOC filing period generally limits actionable harassment to timely incidents, but earlier incidents may provide background for later acts.

Lisa A. RORIE, Appellant, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., Appellee · filed 1998-09-04(e)(1)

As a general matter, actionable incidents of- sexual harassment are those that occur within. 180 days of filing a complaint with the EEOC. ... Even if a plaintiff is unable to show a continuing violation, however, we have held that instances of harassment occurring outside the 180-day period may be admissible to provide relevant background to later discriminatory acts.
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In a deferral state, the EEOC’s failure to refer a charge to the state agency does not defeat timely filing within the 300-day period when the employee is not at fault.

Zakeri v. Oliver · filed 1998-09-28(e)(1)

The fact that the EEOC did not refer plaintiffs complaint to the VCHR is not a bar to the effective filing of his complaint within the three hundred-day limitation period.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) allows 300 days to file a Title VII charge when the claimant first files with a state or local equal employment agency.

Stephanie J. QUINN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GREEN TREE CREDIT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee · filed 1998-11-05(e)(1)

Because Quinn filed her sex-discrimination charge with the state agency — the DHR — on December 27, 1991, her Title VII cause of action would normally include any incidents alleged to have occurred in the preceding 300 day period; thus, any incidents alleged to have occurred prior to March 2, 1991, would be time-barred under Title VII.
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When the 180-day period applies, Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge to be filed within 180 days of the discriminatory act.

Chambers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · filed 1998-09-18(e)(1)

Plaintiff filed her complaint with the EEOC on October 11, 1994; therefore, plaintiffs burden is to show that the last discriminatory act occurred within 180 days of that date. The court finds that the only incident plaintiff identifies with reasonable certainty is the alleged sexual advance made by Steve Babcock in October 1993, almost one year before she filed her charge with the EEOC. The court concludes that plaintiff has not met her burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidence that a discriminatory act occurred within the mandatory 180 day period, and defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII claimant to file an EEOC charge within 300 days of the alleged discrimination, subject to equitable tolling in appropriate circumstances.

Talyansky v. Mercury Print Productions, Inc. · filed 1998-10-19(e)

Under Title VII, a claimant must file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC within 300 days after the alleged discriminatory event. 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-5(e). When a plaintiff has not done so, the claim is time-barred. ... The present case, because Talyansky filed her EEOC charge well over the 300 day limitation period and she has failed to adequately plead any basis for equitable tolling, I must dismiss Talyansky’s complaint.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires an EEOC charge within 30 days after notice that a state agency has terminated its proceedings, if that deadline falls before the 300-day deadline.

Bain v. Wilcox & Jones, Inc. · filed 1998-10-27(e)(1)

However, those cases have no applicability in an instance, such as this one, where initially, the state proceedings were terminated because of untimeliness, and then, over three months later, the EEOC charge was filed. Section 2000e-5(e) specifically provides that if a charge .is initially filed with a state agency, such charge shall be filed within 300 days of the alleged unlawful employment practice (June 24, 1995), “or within thirty days after receiving notice that the State or local agency has terminated the proceedings under the State or local law, whichever is earlier.” (Emphasis added). On December 29, 1995, Plaintiff was noticed by letter the OHRC had terminated the proceedings. She did not file her charge with the EEOC within 30 days of such date.
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Section 2000e-5(e)'s 300-day filing period bars older discriminatory acts unless they form a sufficiently related continuing violation.

Kidwell v. Board of County Com'rs of Shawnee County · filed 1998-09-22(e)

Though 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) bars reference to events occurring more than 300 days before the filing of the plaintiffs charge, the continuing violation doctrine permits the inclusion of such incidents if they are sufficiently related and constitute a continuing pattern of discrimination. ... The plaintiffs evidence of these alleged transfer requests cannot sustain a finding that they amount to a series of related acts of purposeful discrimination required to be admissible under the continuing violation doctrine. ... Accordingly, consideration of these incidents occurring beyond the 300-day limitations period is time-barred.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1)’s EEOC filing period does not begin merely because an employee receives a performance review.

Thomas v. Eastman Kodak Co. · filed 1998-09-22(e)(1)

The Court holds that an employee’s receipt of a performance review does not, standing alone, mark the beginning of the 300-day Title VII window of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1).
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires an Illinois Title VII complainant to file within 300 days of the challenged event.

Cox v. National Football League · filed 1998-09-28(e)

First, the Court is convinced that Cox is prohibited from obtaining relief on claims regarding the NFL’s ordering of drug testing and abstinence from alcohol because such activity occurred outside of the 300-day window. In Illinois, a complainant must file a complaint within 300 days of the occurrence of the event that forms the basis of the Title VII claim.
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Section 2000e-5(e)(1) requires a discrimination claim in a state that prohibits discrimination to be brought within 300 days of the alleged discrimination.

Johnson v. Beneficial Kansas, Inc. · filed 1998-11-12(e)(1)

In Kansas, because the state has statutorily prohibited discrimination, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) requires that plaintiff bring her claims within 300 days of the alleged discrimination.
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Section 2000e-5(e) requires a Title VII claimant who did not first file with a state agency to file an EEOC charge within 180 days of the alleged act.

Gonzalez v. State of Ohio, Department of Taxation · filed 1998-11-23(e)

As a threshold matter, the Court notes that the 300-day exception only comes into play if Plaintiff filed an action with a state administrative agency — in Ohio, the OCRC. Plaintiff did not file an action with OCRC. Thus, the relevant time period for the ease at bar is the 180 days prior to February 9,1996.
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