The article examines the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire & Rubber, suggesting that an Alabama-based woman suing her former employer for sex-based pay discrimination had not filed her claim within the congressionally prescribed time limit. It says that the case illustrates the policy judgment supporting such congressionally required time limits. Also noted is that the plaintiff sued under the Equal Pay Act and the Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.