Legal Opinion
Francis v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 6, 2000No. Docket Nos. 00-7286, 00-7364PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (John Gleeson, Judge), plaintiff H. George Francis, a man of Jamaican national origin, won a jury verdict finding that the City of New York and its Human Resources Administration (“HRA”) (collectively “defendants” or “the City”) had discriminated against Francis by failing to promote him because of his national origin. See Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. After a retrial on damages, a second jury awarded Francis $75,000 in compensatory damages. The parties…
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