Legal Opinion
Betty Jo WEBB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INDIANA NATIONAL BANK, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 1991No. 90-2531PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the ever vexing question of when the statute of limitations begins to run in a discrimination case. The plaintiff, who is black, brought suit against her employer under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, charging discrimination in pay and promotions. The parties agree that the “borrowed” statute of limitations applicable to such a claim, when as here it is litigated in a federal district court in Indiana, is two years. Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co., 482 U.S. 656, 660-62, 107 S.Ct. 2617, 2620-22, 96 L.Ed.2d 572 (1987); Ind.Code § 34-1-2-2(1); Bailey v. Northern Indiana…
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