Legal Opinion

DeGrace v. Rumsfeld

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 30, 1980No. 79-1221PublishedCited by 125 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, formerly employed as a civilian firefighter at the Naval Air Station, South Weymouth (NASSW), brought this asserted class action against the Secretary of Defense and others under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16.1 He complained of racially motivated harassment while so employed and alleged *799that his discharge was the product of racial discrimination.

The district court certified a class consisting of all past, present, and future black civilian employees, applicants, and deterred applicants for civilian employment at NASSW, and the case was tried as a class…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Brown v. General Services AdministrationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Frank L. LOEB, Plaintiff, v. TEXTRON, INC., Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
  5. Board of Trustees of Keene State College v. SweeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by125 opinions

  1. Susan Waltman v. International Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  2. Annabelle Lipsett v. University of Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  3. Kerry Ellison v. Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  4. Wilma Cumpiano A/K/A Wilma Cumpiano Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  5. Julia M. O'ROuRke v. City of ProvidenceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001

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