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- Title: Plunkett v. Roadway Express Inc.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Release Date : January 03, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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LEWIS, Chief Judge. Joe Louis Plunkett appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma dismissing his action against Roadway Express, Inc., brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Plunkett initially filed charges of employment discrimination against Roadway with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1972. At Plunkett's request and in accordance with Commission regulations, 29 C.F.R. § 1601.25, the Commission on July 31, 1973, mailed him notice of his right to sue Roadway in federal district court. Plunkett received the notice by certified mail on August 3, 1973. He instituted this action on October 31, 1973, 92 days after the Commission sent notice and 89 days after he received it. The district court dismissed on the ground that the 90-day period in which a party must file suit under section 706(f) of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1), runs from the date on which the Commission mails notice of the right to sue and that Plunkett's action was not therefore timely filed.1 We reverse.