Case: Discrimination/Exhaustion of Remedies (E.D. Mo.)

Feb. 20, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC

A Missouri federal district court denied Jost Chemical Company’s motion to dismiss a race discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act brought by a chemical line operator who alleged he was wrongfully terminated after experiencing and reporting racial discrimination, finding that the EEOC’s dismissal of the charge was sufficient to satisfy administrative prerequisites regardless of whether the right-to-sue notice was issued before 180 days had passed.

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