Legal Opinion
Gladys Banks v. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 20, 1986No. 84-5830PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1417J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge:
In this case we must decide whether the District of Columbia’s one-year or three-year statute of limitations applies to claims brought in the District of Columbia under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1982). Appellant Gladys Banks brought this suit against her former employer alleging race and sex discrimination three years and one day after the last alleged discriminatory act occurred. The district court dismissed the suit, holding that appellant’s suit was barred even under the more generous statute of limitations.
We conclude that the three-year statute of…
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