Legal Opinion

Thompson v. International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided July 31, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-1845PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Joycelyn A. Thompson brings this action against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (“IAM”) and four officials of that union to redress alleged employment discrimination and retaliation. Plaintiff, a black woman, claims that she was discharged from her job as Assistant Director of the IAM Human Rights Department on account of her race and sex and that defendants retaliated against her for engaging in certain advocacy activities protected by statute. In her amended complaint, 1 plaintiff sets…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. AikensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. NovotnySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Arthur Young & Co. v. SutherlandDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  2. Goos v. National Ass'n of RealtorsDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1989
  3. Elizabeth A. Reese v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
  4. Wisconsin Avenue Nursing Home v. District of Columbia Commission on Human RightsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Sedgwick v. Giant Food, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1986

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