Case Name: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, L.L.C.; Tracker Marine Retail, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-04-28
Citations: 865 F.3d 216
Docket Number: No. 15-20078
Parties: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, L.L.C.; Tracker Marine Retail, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellants
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SOUTHWICK, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 865
Pages: 216–235

Head Matter:
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, L.L.C.; Tracker Marine Retail, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellants
No. 15-20078
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Filed April 28, 2017
James Mark Tucker, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Michael Wayne Johnston, Attorney, Samuel M. Matchett, Esq., Joña Jene McCormick, Rebecca Cole Moore, King & Spalding, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, James Patrick Sullivan, King & Spalding, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Bass Pro Outdoor World, L.L.C..
Michael Wayne Johnston, Attorney, Samuel M. Matchett, Esq., Joña Jene McCormick, Rebecca Cole Moore, King & Spalding, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Tracker Marine Retail, L.L.C.
Rae T. Vann, General Counsel, Norris, Tysse, Lampley & Lakis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.
Eric S. Dreiband, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Retail Litigation Center, Incorporated and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SOUTHWICK, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
PER CURIAM:
The court having been polled at the request of one of its members, and a majority of the judges who are in regular active service and not disqualified not having voted in favor (Fed. R. App. P. 35 and 5th Cir. R. 35), the petition for rehearing en banc is DENIED. In the en banc poll, seven judges voted in favor of rehearing (Judges Jolly, Jones, Smith, Clement, Owen, Elrod, and Haynes), and seven judges voted against rehearing (Chief Judge Stewart and Judges Dennis, Prado, Southwick, Graves, Higginson, and Costa). Attached are (1) an opinion dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc authored by Judge Jolly, joined by Judges Jones, Smith, Clement, Owen, and Elrod; (2) a responding opinion authored by Judge Higginbotham, joined by Judges Southwick and Higginson; and (3) an opinion dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc authored by Judge Jones, joined by Judges Smith and Owen.