Irwin v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Holding that a statutory time limit with the same characteristics is subject to equitable tolling

Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Holding that the Title VII limitations period should be construed to "honor the remedial purpose of the legislation as a whole without negating the particular purpose of the filing requirement"

Griggs-Ryan v. Smith

Holding that "implied consent" is inferred from circumstances indicating that party knowingly agreed to surveillance

Sanchez v. Standard Brands, Inc.

Holding that a Title VII complaint may encompass discrimination like or related to allegations contained in the EEOC charge and growing out of such allegations during the pendency of the case before the Commission

Wightman v. Springfield Terminal Railway Co.

In Wightman, we held that, after a union has been certified, an employer may violate section 152 in the rare circumstance when the employer's actions constitute "a fundamental attack on the collective bargaining process or... a direct attempt to destroy a union."

Schnellbaecher v. Baskin Clothing Co.

Holding "[b]ecause both the EEOC charge and the ensuing investigation were insufficient to put the defendants on notice of any intention of the plaintiffs to make allegations of class-wide discrimination in their complaint, the district judge was correct in dismissing the charges of class-wide discrimination."

Briones v. Runyon

Holding that the administrative exhaustion requirement "is analogous to a statute of limitations and is, therefore, considered subject to waiver, estoppel, and equitable tolling"

McKinnon v. Kwong Wah Rest.

Holding that Title VII's charging requirement is an affirmative defense

Clockedile v. New Hampshire Dept. of Corrections

Holding that retaliation claim arising after issuance of right-to-sue letter does not require filing of new charge "so long as the retaliation is reasonably related to and grows out of the discrimination complained of to the agency"

Powers v. Grinnell Corp.

Holding that plaintiff could bring "generalized" civil claims even though administrative charge included only "particularized" claims, since both complaints alleged age discrimination based on similar conduct

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Section 2000e-5 - Enforcement provisions

Holding charges must be made in writing, under oath, and contain all information as the Commission requires

Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"

Section 7703 - Judicial review of decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board

Granting sixty days to appeal a decision of the MSPB

Section 7701 - Appellate procedures

Granting the Board appellate jurisdiction over an employee's appeal "from any action which is appealable to the Board under any law, rule, or regulation"

Section 7121 - Grievance procedures

Explaining 5 U.S.C. § 7703 applies to the review of an arbitrator's award in this court "in the same manner and under the same conditions as if the matter had been decided by the Board"

Section 42-1 to 42b - Repealed

Section 7103 - Definitions; application

Granting President power to exclude certain kinds of agencies from coverage under the Labor–Management Statute

Section 1614.105 - Pre-complaint processing

Requiring complainant initially to notify agency and make effort to resolve matter informally

Section 1614.106 - Individual complaints

Requiring administrative complaints to be filed with the complainant's agency