Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Rehnquist, White, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Scalia, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- Supreme Court decision affirming the principle that Title VII has no extraterritorial reach
- Circuit
- Federal Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Outcome
The Supreme Court held that Title VII does not apply extraterritorially to U.S. employers' conduct abroad, ruling that the EEOC could not pursue discrimination claims against Arabian American Oil Co. for employment practices at its Saudi Arabian operations.
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