United States Fifth Circuit

The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's Title VII claims of sexual harassment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction where defendant did not employ 15 employees for 20 or more calendar weeks, which is required to be subject to the statutory framework of Title VII.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2004
• Published 08/02/2004

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey A. Schwartz (argued), Audrey N. Browne, Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brett John Prendergast (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.