Supreme Court rules that Title VII EEOC filing requirements are mandatory but not jurisdictional

[Stan]

The Supreme Court issued a ruling on June 3, 2019, in a case (Fort Bend County v. Davis)  involving whether a court may hear a discrimination case where the plaintiff fails to raise all charges in an initial EEOC complaint.  The Court found that the Title VII’s rules are procedural, not jurisdictional, and as such procedural defenses need to be raised early in a case.

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[Gregory Matthews]

The  above statement correctly reports that the plaintiff must identify all issues early   in the litigation that are part of the alleged claim for discrimination.

However, that was not the nexus of the decision that was made by the U.S. Supreme Court.  A careful reading of an analysis of  the decision reveals that the focus of this decision is that the defendant must assert all objections early in the litigation and can not assert them well into the  process of litigation.