Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. Joliet Mass Transit District
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 17, 1981No. 80 C 3631PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILL, District Judge.
In the plaintiff’s second amended complaint, he alleges that the conditions of his employment by the Joliet Mass Transit District and the termination of that employment were racially discriminatory in violation of Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. As part of the relief for the alleged violation of section 1981, the plaintiff requests an award of punitive damages. The defendant Joliet Mass Transit District, in a motion to strike that request, argues that punitive damages cannot be awarded under section 1981 against a municipal corporation. For the reasons…
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