[DOWNLOAD] "Houston v. Sidley & Austin" by Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Houston v. Sidley & Austin
- Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 26, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Submitted June 23, 1999/* /* After an examination of the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). In this case we have to decide a procedural issue of some importance to federal discrimination suits: when does the 90-day limitations period begin to run after the EEOC has sent a right-to-sue letter. The district court concluded that this suit was untimely because it was unreasonable for the plaintiff to pick up her right-to-sue letter seven days after receiving the first notice from the Post Office, and so granted summary judgment for the defendant. The district court's ""reasonableness"" test contradicts this court's prior decisions, which have held that the limitations period begins to run when the plaintiff receives actual notice unless she is at fault for not receiving actual notice. Because the plaintiff picked up her letter in the time permitted by the Post Office, we presume she acted without fault. We therefore reverse the district court.