Legal Opinion
M.O.C.H.A. Society, Inc. v. City of Buffalo
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided May 30, 2012No. 98-CV-99-JTCPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN T. CURTIN, District Judge.
In Third Amended Complaint “A” in this case (Item 247), plaintiffs M.O.C.H.A. Society Inc. (“MOCHA”) and seventeen employees and/or former employees of the City of Buffalo Fire Department claim that the Fire Department’s drug testing policy, in effect between approximately 1995 and 2005, was implemented, applied and enforced in a manner designed to intentionally discriminate against African American firefighters, in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983 and 2000e-2 (“Title VII”), and the New York Human Rights Law (“NYHRL”), N.Y. Exec. Law § 296. Following an…
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