EEOC Can Sue Public University, Court Rules

by E Wayne Ross on February 16, 2009

Inside Higher Ed: EEOC Can Sue Public University, Court Rules

The Eleventh Amendment protects public universities from lawsuits by former employees under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act — but it does not prevent the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from suing the colleges on the aggrieved employees’ behalf, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.