New Filing in BCI Coca-Cola Bottling v. EEOC

Akin Gump is co-counsel on this merits brief, which was filed yesterday on behalf of the petitioner in the case of BCI Coca-Cola Bottling v. EEOC. E. Todd Presnell of Miller & Martin in Nashville is counsel of record.

The case is set for argument on April 18, and presents the following question: “Under what circumstances is an employer liable under federal anti-discrimination laws based on a subordinate’s discriminatory animus, where the person(s) who actually made the adverse employment decision undisputedly harbored no discriminatory motive toward the affected employee?”