United States Second Circuit

Presentation of a Title VII claim to the EEOC is not a jurisdictional prerequisite, but only a precondition to bringing a Title VII action that can be waived by the parties or the court, and waiting until after judgment on the merits is an effective waiver.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/13/2000
• Decided 12/08/2000
• Published 12/08/2000

Judges

• CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CARDAMONE, CALABRESI, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Charmaine M. Stewart, Rosedale, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant., Cheryl Payer, for Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York (Stephen J. McGrath and Diana Murray, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.