Legal Opinion
Walker v. Mortham
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 1998No. 95-2898PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Black employees and applicants for employment with the State of Florida brought suit against the State and its Secretary of State under 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. (Title VII),1 claiming that the State had engaged in a pattern and practice of unlawful racial discrimination in its employment decisions. The case was certified as a class action, but then decertified for inadequacy of representation. After a non-jury trial on the merits of the individual plaintiffs’ claims, the district court entered final judgment in favor of the defendants on all counts, assuming that…
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3Cited by197 opinions
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