EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. ST. REGIS PAPER COMPANY—KRAFT DIVISION, Defendant/Appellant

Good Law
717 F.2d 1302·32 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 33,850·32 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1849·38 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 441·1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 16279
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 5, 198383-3558California885 words

Opinion

Opinion

Ferguson, J.

St. Regis Paper Company — Kraft Division (St. Regis) brings this appeal from the district court’s order enforcing an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) administrative subpoena and denying the counterclaims brought by St. Regis. St. Regis sought general discovery, to compel the EEOC to issue a subpoena requiring the former commissioner of the EEOC to submit to a deposition by St. Regis, and certain disclosures pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976 & Supp. V 1981). Because St. Regis has complied with the subpoena pursuant to the district court’s order, its challenge to the enforcement of the subpoena is moot. The district court’s order is otherwise affirmed as the court was acting within its discretion in dismissing St. Regis’ counterclaims. Mootness

Pursuant to the procedures created in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5 (1976), the EEOC commenced an employment discrimination investigation of the defendant, St. Regis Paper Co. It requested certain information from St. Regis, which the company refused to provide. The EEOC then issued an administrative subpoena requesting the same information. St. Regis resisted the…

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