Legal Opinion
Sterling v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 8, 1995No. 2:95-cv-01901PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOYNER, District Judge.
This race discrimination case is before the Court today on motion of the defendant, which asks us to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that it fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted, though we will grant the plaintiff leave to submit an amended complaint.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts of the ease, as recited in the complaint, are as follows. The plaintiff is Charles Sterling, an African-American man and a former employee of the defendant, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation…
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