Legal Opinion
Brennan v. Nassau County
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 10, 2003No. Docket Nos. 03-6009, 03-6011PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs-Appellants appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Joanna Seybert, Judge) denying as time barred under the statute of limitations their applications to enforce consent decrees entered into in 1982 in related employment discrimination cases. For the reasons that follow, we vacate and remand to the district court for further development of the record and application of the doctrine of laches to Plaintiffs-Appellants’ claims.
BACKGROUND
In 1982, consent decrees were entered in two companion lawsuits against Nassau County, New York…
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