Legal Opinion
Cates v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 5, 1977No. 489, Docket 76-7420PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, Senior District Judge;
Solomon Cates, Jonathan George, and James Whitehead appeal from a July 22, 1976 order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles L. Brieant, J., dismissing their second amended complaint on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated.
The principal issues on appeal concern the timeliness of the assertion of claims of unlawful employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., and unlawful discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. On an analysis which…
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