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EEOC has authority to compel federal agencies to pay compensatory damages for employment discrimination in violation of Title VII By Michael J. Calhoun Administrative Law, September 1999 In West v. Gibson, 119 S. Ct. 1906 (1999), the United States Supreme Court held that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") has authority to require federal agencies to pay compensatory damages for employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.

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