Legal Opinion
Howard v. Penn Central Transportation Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided March 25, 1980No. C77-1293PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WILLIAM K. THOMAS, District Judge.
Plaintiff seeks to bring this action against Penn Central Transportation, Inc. (Penn Central) and Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) for alleged acts of racial discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 2000e, et seq. Numerous pending motions raise different questions. Most critical are these: on what date Conrail became a party to this suit and whether it is liable for acts of its “predecessor,” Penn Central. Because the answers to these questions will have a substantial effect on the course of this suit, the court will now…
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- In re National Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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