Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.

Boureslan (plaintiff), a U.S. citizen, was transferred by his Texas-based employer Aramco Service Company to work for its parent, Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) (defendant), in Saudi Arabia, where his employment was later terminated; he sued in Texas federal court under Title VII, and the EEOC (plaintiff) supported his position that the statute applied to Americans working abroad for American employers, though this represented a recent change from the agency's earlier interpretation. The lower courts dismissed his Title VII claim, finding the statute did not reach conduct abroad.