No. 20-780

Joe W. Aguillard v. Louisiana College

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights defamation defamation-suit eeoc eeoc-complaint employment-discrimination opposition-clause participation-clause retaliation title-vii
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the "participation" clause contained in Section 704(a) of Title VII of the
1964 Civil Rights Act protect an employee who has filed an EEOC Complaint
from a "retaliatory" defamation suit filed by the employer based, in part,
upon allegations contained in the EEOC charge?

2. Does the "opposition" clause contained in Section 704(a) of Title VII of the
1964 Civil Rights Act protect an employee from a "retaliatory" defamation
suit filed by the employer based, in part, upon allegations made by the
employee to SACSCOC, the auditing agent of the employer?

3. Did Petitioner "abandon" his claims of a "retaliatory hostile work
environment" under Title VII and ADA by failing to attach that label to
specific facts alleged in his complaint, as amended, and supported in his
affidavit submitted in Opposition to Respondent's Motion for Summary
Judgment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the 'participation' clause protect an employee from a retaliatory defamation suit?

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-18
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana College to respond filed.
2020-12-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2021)

Attorneys

Joe Aguillard
Billy R PesnellThe Pesnell Law Firm, A P.L.C., Petitioner
Louisiana College
Steven M. OxenhandlerGold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, Respondent