United States Fourth Circuit

An unverified letter to the EEOC was a valid employment discrimination charge to which a verified charge could relate back, despite the EEOC's failure to carry out its statutory duties under Title VII.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/08/2000
• Decided 08/19/2002
• Published 08/19/2002

Judges

• Before WILKINS and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT R. BEEZER, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Elaine Charlson Bredehoft, Charlson Bredehoft, P.C., Reston, Virginia, for Appellant.  Mary Virginia Barney, Alexander Bell, PLC, Lynchburg, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Kristine H. Smith, Edmunds & Williams, P.C., Lynchburg, Virginia, for Appellant.  Alexander W. Bell, Alexander Bell, PLC, Lynchburg, Virginia, for Appellee.