Coverage and Scope of Title VII (7)

1. "Person" is legal entity affecting commerce
2. Employer of 15 or more people
   1. Federal government not an employer
      1. Special procedures and remedies
      2. Military service not employment
   2. Indian tribes not employers
   3. Religious organizations are employers
      1. But can hire on basis of religion or religious beliefs and practices
      2. Tension between 1st Amendment and Title 7
      3. Does bar discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, age, handicap
         1. EEOC v. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 651 F.2d 610 (9th Cir.1981)
3. No extraterritorial application until CRRA 1991
   1. EEOC v. Arabian American Oil Co., 111 S.Ct. 1227, 113 L.Ed.2d 274 (1991)