Texas County Tells High Court Title VII Exhaustion Requirement Is Jurisdictional

Mealey's (February 27, 2019, 12:39 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s administrative exhaustion requirement is jurisdictional, and the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in reinstating a Texas county employee’s religious bias claim that was never presented to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the employee’s charge, Fort Bend County, Texas, argues in its petitioner brief filed Feb. 25 in the U.S. Supreme Court (Fort Bend County v. Lois M. Davis, No. 18-525, U.S. Sup.)....