SCOTUS Skips White High School Football Coach’s Job Bias Case

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a Georgia high school football coach’s contention that his race bias suit over his contract wasn’t barred by a prior suit.

Alan Rodemaker said he couldn’t have included this claim against the City of Valdosta Board of Education in his earlier suit because he hadn’t yet received a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission authorizing him to sue under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Eleventh Circuit’s August ruling that his Title VII suit was barred because it involved the same facts as his first suit was improper ...