Legal Opinion
Yaba v. Roosevelt
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 16, 1997No. 96 Civ. 5350 (JGK), 94 Civ. 5718 (JGK)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KOELTL, District Judge:
The plaintiff, Minerva Yaba, has filed two civil rights actions relating to her employment with the law firm Cadwalader, Wickers-ham & Taft (“Cadwalader”). In the first of these, 94 Civ. 5718 (“Complaint One”), Yaba asserts that she was discriminated against by Cadwalader on the basis of her sex, race and disability. She also alleges that Cadwalader retaliated against her for complaining about this discrimination.
In the second action, 96 Civ. 5350 (“Complaint Two”), Yaba asserts racial harassment claims against Cadwalader and one of its senior partners,…
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