Legal Opinion
Kroon v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 28, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2023-2948Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELOISE KROON, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 23-cv-2948 (CRC) NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP. d/b/a AMTRAK, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Veteran Amtrak employee Eloise Kroon claims the company intentionally lowballed her on an internal job offer because the hiring manager did not want a Black person on his team. Just a few weeks before Ms. Kroon received the offer, another Amtrak employee reported overhearing a member of that team telling the hiring manager, “I don’t want to work with those n*****s”—to which the manager replied,…
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