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B-216918 1 (1986-05-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmie0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITEO ETATES WASH I NGTON, 0. C. 20549 FILE: B-216918 DATE: May 27 1986 MATTER OF: Investigative Jurisdiction of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the Superior Court of the District of Columbia DIGEST: The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, although established by Congress under Article I of the Consti- tution, is more analogous to a state court than to a Federal court for purposes of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Accordingly, and since its employees are not in the competitive service, it is subject to the jurisdiction of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under section 706 of the Civil Rights Act, which generally covers state and local governments, rather than section 717 which applies to Federal entities. The late Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia requested our opinion on whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has jurisdic- tion over employment discrimination complaints against the court under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. Specifically, the question is whether the court is subject to the EEOC's enforcement authority found in section 706 of the Act. Before preparing our response, we solicited the views of the EEOC on this issue. We have fully considered the Commission's comments in preparing this decision. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the court is subject to section 706. Background Generally, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (codified at 42 U.S.C. SS 2000e-2000e-17 (1982)) provides pro- tections against discrimination in employment and appropriate remedies. As originally enacted, Title VII did not cover Government employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 amended the Civil Rights Act to extend the protections of Title VII to most Federal, state and local government employees. As a result of the 1972 amendment, section 7171/ 1/ 42 U.S.C. S 2000e-16.

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