Forester v. Chertoff’s Empirical Analysis
500 F.3d 920 · 2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 2675 · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 633A (§ 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 6972
Relies on National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · United States v. Cotton
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“Sovereign immunity is a threshold question that is sometimes described as 'jurisdictional.' " Forester v. Chertoff , 500 F.3d 920 , 925 n.5 (9th Cir. 2007) (citing Irwin v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs , 498 U.S. 89 , 94, 111 S.Ct. 453 , 112 L.Ed.2d 435 (1990) ); see also Reed v. Dep't of Homeland Sec. , No. CV 16-7170 CJC (JC), 2017 WL 2701940 , at (C.D. Cal. May 25, 2017) ("Sovereign immunity is a threshold issue [that] goes to the court's subject matter jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When the individual has not filed a complaint concerning age discrimination with the [Equal Employment Opportunity] Commission, no civil action may be commenced by any individual under this section until the individual has given the Commission not less than thirty days’ notice of an intent to file such action. Such notice shall be filed within one hundred and eighty days after the alleged unlawful practice occurred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Sovereign immunity is a threshold question that is sometimes described as 'jurisdictional.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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