Legal Opinion
Elion v. Jackson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 7, 2008No. Civil Action 05-0992 (PLF)PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
This is an employment discrimination case in which the plaintiff, an African American woman, alleges race and gender discrimination and retaliation for engaging in protected activity, all under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 (“Title VII”). Both parties seek to call witnesses at trial to offer so-called “me too” testimony. The purpose of such testimony is to support (or, in defendant’s case, to undermine) the inference that defendant, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”),…
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