The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


Commission Appellate and Amicus Briefs

Last updated September, 2004

The EEOC, under the direction of the General Counsel, represents itself in United States District Courts and in the Circuit Courts of Appeals. While Commission attorneys work on Supreme Court matters, in that Court however, the Commission is represented by the Solicitor General of the United States.

In court enforcement actions, the EEOC's formal legal views are set forth in a document called a "brief" or legal memorandum. Generally, such legal memoranda discuss the application of previously announced Commission policy guidance or explain Agency practices in the context of specific fact situations.

The briefs which have been selected for inclusion on this web site, are those which have generally been filed in the United States Courts of Appeal, and which discuss significant legal issues which could affect the manner in which employment laws are interpreted. Briefs in the Supreme Court, either where the Commission is a party or appears as amicus curiae, or "friend of the court", are not reproduced on this web site because such memoranda are submitted by the Solicitor General of the United States at the Department of Justice, and are available at http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/.


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This page was last modified on October 1, 2004.

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