CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER GUILD v. PLAIN DEALER PUB. CO.

No. 86-3140.

839 F.2d 1147 (1988)

The CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER GUILD, LOCAL 1, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The PLAIN DEALER PUBLISHING CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Palda (argued), Berkman, Gordon, Murray & Palda, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Karen B. Newborn, Baker & Hostetler, Elliot S. Azoff (argued), Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Gale Barron Black, U.S. E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, ENGEL, KEITH, MERRITT, KENNEDY, MARTIN, JONES, KRUPANSKY, WELLFORD, MILBURN, GUY, NELSON, RYAN, BOGGS, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the applicability of the doctrine of laches to bar a Title VII employment discrimination claim. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2. Specifically, we are asked to decide whether a claimant who awaits the outcome of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) administrative proceedings for a period of ten years before filing suit has caused inexcusable delay sufficient to justify the application of the doctrine of...

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