Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. SDI of Mineola, Texas, L.L.C.
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- 442 Civil Rights: Jobs
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- trial verdict
- State
- Texas
- Circuit
- Fifth Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
The court ruled on a pre-trial charge conference objection, holding that the common-law duty to mitigate damages applies to nonpecuniary compensatory damages in Title VII employment discrimination cases, overruling the EEOC's objection to the jury instruction on mitigation of nonpecuniary harm.
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