Legal Opinion
Gregory Harper v. Godfrey Company and D.B. Barcom, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 1995No. 12-2814PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs claim that: (1) their employment placed them on a discriminatorily ordered seniority list with Caucasians at the top of the list and African-Americans at the bottom, and (2) they were discriminatorily laid off. The district court held that plaintiffs were barred from bringing their seniority list claim under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., since it was not a charge in their EEOC complaints; that the seniority list claim failed under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 pursuant to Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, 491 U.S. 164, 109 S.Ct. 2363, 105 L.Ed.2d 132 (1989); and…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- University of Tennessee v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Loretta Cheek v. Western and Southern Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Patricia D. Rush v. McDonald Corporation, Sharon Funston, and William R. RoseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by83 opinions
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- Joseph M. Conley v. Village of Bedford ParkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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