Hill v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Defendants, the Coca Cola Bottling Company of New York (Coke-New York) and John Hurley, moved for summary judgment, contending that plaintiff Hill’s claim of racial discrimination in employment was collaterally estopped by prior judicially confirmed holdings of New York’s unemployment insurance tribunals that Hill had been terminated for misconduct. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jack B. Weinstein, Chief Judge, denied defendants’ motion, but certified the question for appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). We have…