Legal Opinion
Walter Burnes v. Pemco Aeroplex
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 2002No. 01-13865PublishedCited by 295 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, District Judge:
This appeal, involving an issue of first impression in this Circuit, concerns the applicability of the doctrine of judicial es-toppel in this employment discrimination case. The district court decided that judicial estoppel barred Plaintiff Billups’ employment discrimination claims against Defendants Pemco Aeroplex, Inc. and Precision Standard, Inc. (together referred to as “Pemco”) because of his failure to disclose the claims in his concurrent bankruptcy proceedings. Billups appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of Pemco and, for the reasons that follow, we…
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