Legal Opinion
Subhash C. MALHOTRA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COTTER & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 12, 1989No. 88-2880PublishedCited by 261 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Subhash Malhotra, an accountant of Indian birth and ancestry, brought this suit in 1986 against his former employer, Cotter & Company (a distributor of tools). The suit charged ethnic discrimination, in violation of both 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866). The district judge granted Cotter’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the suit. 696 F.Supp. 1203 (N.D.Ill.1988). After oral argument of Malhotra’s appeal, the Supreme Court decided Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct.…
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