Legal Opinion
McGovern v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 28, 2009No. 08-1632PublishedCited by 251 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we consider whether a private right of action against state actors can be implied under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We join five of our sister circuits in holding that it cannot.
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Paul McGovern, a Caucasian male, was hired by the City of Philadelphia (City) as an Administrative Support Specialist in 1994 and was promoted to Network Administrator in 2001. On September 25, 2003, McGovern filed a complaint of race discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pursuant to Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. A year later,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Phillips v. County of AlleghenyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Alexander v. SandovalSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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3Cited by251 opinions
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- Capogrosso v. the Supreme Court of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
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