Ferguson v. Kroger Co‪.‬

Order On receipt and consideration of an appeal in the above-styled case; and Noting that the District Court dismissed this action brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1970) alleging unlawful discharge from employment on account of religion on the ground that plaintiff had failed to file her claim for relief with the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights within 90 days of her discharge, as required by Kentucky law; and Further noting that plaintiff had, however, filed her claim for relief within said 90 days with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which had forwarded same to the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, albeit as the result of EEOC administrative delays after the 90 days had elapsed; and Further noting that the Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion in Love v. Pullman Co., 404 U.S. 522, 30 L. Ed. 2d 679, 92 S. Ct. 616 (1972), held that where a timely complaint was filed with the EEOC, which forwarded it to the appropriate state civil rights agency, the Court saw no reason why further action by the aggrieved party should be required. Love v. Pullman Co., supra at 526. We believe that the facts of our instant appeal place it within the purpose, if not the precise language, of the Supreme Court opinion cited above, which we hereby incorporate in full by reference. We now hold that the administrative delay of the EEOC in this case in failing to follow its own established procedures does not defeat this claimant's right to an action asserting religious discrimination in the United States District Court (see Mitchell v. Mid-Continent Spring Co. of Kentucky, 466 F.2d 24 (6th Cir. 1972)).