Stone v. EDS Federal Corporation

OPINION AND ORDER

This is an action based upon the anti-discrimination provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.

The action is based upon a claim of sex discrimination, alleging that the plaintiff was denied by the defendant, solely because of her sex, various opportunities, perquisites, etc., she would have otherwise been entitled to receive as a so-called “systems engineer”. It is alleged in the complaint that she fulfilled the statutory prerequisites for filing suit, that she filed a charge with the Equal ^Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and, upon the failure of its attempts at conciliation, the Commission issued the statutory notice of right to sue, as provided for in 42 U.S. . C. § 2000e-5(e). This portion of the Act provides in general that if the Commission has been unable to obtain voluntary compliance within 30 days after a charge is filed, “the Commission shall so notify the person aggrieved and a civil action may, within thirty days thereafter, be brought against the respondent named in the charge . . . ” (Emphasis added.)

§ 2000e-5 goes on to provide that such actions may be brought in the United States District Court and certain…