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E.E.O.C. v. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH STORES

No. 14-86.

135 S.Ct. 2028 (2015)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH STORES, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian H. Gershengorn, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Mark A. Knueve, Daniel J. Clark, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH, Shay Dvoretzky, Counsel of Record, Eric S. Dreiband, Yaakov M. Roth, Jeffrey R. Johnson, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

P. David Lopez, General Counsel, Carolyn L. Wheeler, Acting Associate General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein, Acting Assistant General Counsel, James M. Tucker, Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Ian Heath Gershengorn, Deputy Solicitor General, Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

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