U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
State v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Author
- Jerry Edwin Smith
- Filed
- Aug. 6, 2019
- Case
- State v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n
- Case status
- Decided
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JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Texas sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") and the Attorney General ("Defendants"), challenging EEOC's guidance on employers' use of criminal records in hiring. Texas alleged that guidance constituted an unlawfully promulgated substantive rule and sought to enjoin its enforcement. The state also asked for a declaration per the Declaratory Judgment Act ("DJA") that it could lawfull…
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