Legal Opinion
William C. ROBINSON, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. POLAROID CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 25, 1984No. 83-1619PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
The named plaintiffs in these consolidated actions are four black individuals who were laid off in 1974 from salaried positions by defendant Polaroid Corporation in the course of a substantial cutback in the company’s work force due to economic conditions. On behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, plaintiffs sued in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging, inter alia, that the layoffs constituted race discrimination prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. 1 The…
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