EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. UNION BANK, a Corporation, Appellee

On January 6, 1967, Miss Marguerite M. Buckley resigned from her position as an attorney in the Law Division of appellee Union Bank. On February 20, 1967, Miss Buckley filed with appellant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a charge of discrimination against appellee. Specifically, Miss Buckley alleged that her employer had engaged in “discrimination in upgrading on the job; men doing the same job had corporate titles and higher salaries.”

Evidently satisfied that there wás “reasonable cause” to believe that a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had occurred, a member of the Commission furnished appellee with a copy of the charge and began an investigation. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(a) (1964). This investigation proceeded on an informal basis for a period of time, with appellee voluntarily producing certain documents requested by appellant. However, on March, 31, 1967, after appellee informed the EEOC that it would not voluntarily comply, appellant made a formal demand upon appellee to produce the following:

After receiving a copy of this demand appellee filed, in the district court, a petition to set aside. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-9 (c) (1964). Basically, the petition made…