Legal Opinion
Isaiah Russell Jones Robert Sparks, Jr. Herman Parks, Jr. v. Alcoa, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 18, 2003No. 02-50097PublishedCited by 288 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Isaiah Russell Jones (Jones), Robert Sparks Jr. (Sparks), and Herman Parks Jr. (Parks) filed this lawsuit October 4, 2002, against defendant Alcoa, Inc. (Alcoa), a Pennsylvania corporation, alleging that Alcoa discriminated against them on the basis of race, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, by assigning them to work in areas of Alcoa’s Milam County, Texas, plant where they were exposed to dangerous amounts of asbestos dust. The district court granted Alcoa’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, finding that the plaintiffs’ claims were time barred. We agree with…
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