[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1608.8]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1608_AFFIRMATIVE ACTION APPROPRIATE UNDER TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1608.8  Adherence to court order.

    Parties are entitled to rely on orders of courts of competent 
jurisdiction. If adherence to an Order of a United States District Court 
or other court of competent jurisdiction, whether entered by consent or 
after contested litigation, in a case brought to enforce a Federal, 
State, or local equal employment opportunity law or regulation, is the 
basis of a complaint filed under title VII or is alleged to be the 
justification for an action which is challenged under title VII, the 
Commission will investigate to determine:
    (a) Whether such an Order exists and
    (b) Whether adherence to the affirmative action plan which is part 
of the

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Order was the basis of the complaint or justification.

If the Commission so finds, it will issue a determination of no 
reasonable cause. The Commission interprets title VII to mean that 
actions taken pursuant to the direction of a Court Order cannot give 
rise to liability under title VII.