McLane Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

McLane Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Decided April 3, 2017
Full case nameMcLane Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Docket no.15-1248
Citations581 U.S. 72 (more)
Holding
A district court's decision whether to enforce or quash a subpoena issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should be reviewed for abuse of discretion, not de novo.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajoritySotomayor, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan
Concur/dissentGinsburg

McLane Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 581 U.S. 72 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a district court's decision whether to enforce or quash a subpoena issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should be reviewed for abuse of discretion, not de novo.