Legal Opinion
Carson v. Giant Food, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 20, 2002No. CIV.A. JFM-96-2882PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTZ, District Judge.
Eleven plaintiffs have instituted this action against Giant Food, Inc. and several of its executives and managers, alleging employment discrimination. Nine of the plaintiffs have filed a motion for class certification. Although the propriety of class action treatment appeared doubtful on the face of the complaint, I did not want to judge the issue prematurely, particularly in light of allegations concerning racist graffiti, racial epithets used by co-workers and supervisors, and the display of nooses at Giant’s warehouses. Accordingly, I permitted a full factual…
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