[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1608.8]

[Page 231]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               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 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.