Invitation Brief Filed in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn.

Yesterday, the Solicitor General filed this invitation brief in the case of Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. (06-1595), recommending that cert. be granted.  The case will be considered at the Court’s January 18 Conference.

The Question Presented is:

Whether, or to what extent, Title VIIs anti-retaliation provision, Section 704(a) of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-3(a), protects an employee from being dismissed because she cooperated with her employers internal investigation of sexual harassment.