In Chandler v. Roudebush, 425 U.S. 840 (1976), the Court held that a federal employee whose discrimination claim was rejected by her employing agency after an administrative hearing was entitled to a trial de novo in federal court on her Title VII Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 claim. After reviewing in considerable detail the language of Title VII and the history of the 1972 amendments to the statute, the Court concluded: "The legislative history of the 1972 amendments reinforces the plain meaning of the statute and confirms that Congress intended to accord federal employees the same right to a trial de novo following administrative proceedings as is enjoyed by private-sector employees and employees of state governments and political subdivisions under the amended Civil Rights Act of 1964." Id., at 848. The Supreme Court, in holding that 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affords federal employees the same right to a trial de novo as is enjoyed by private sector or state government employees under Title VII, stated: In 1972 Congress extended the protection of Title VII ... to employees of the Federal Government. A principal goal of the amending legislation adding 717 to Title VII was to eradicate " 'entrenched discrimination in the Federal service,' " ... by strengthening internal safeguards and by according "aggrieved (federal) employees or applicants ... the full rights available in the courts as are granted to individuals in the private sector under title VII." Id.