Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 27, 2001No. 00 Civ. 5071(HB)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
BAER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this putative class action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and § 1982 seeking redress for what they allege was defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s (“MetLife”) pattern of intentional racial discrimination against non-Caucasians in sales of industrial insurance policies from the late 1800s through the 1970s. MetLife has moved for summary judgment arguing that the statute of limitations on these claims has run. Plaintiffs respond that their claims are not time-barred and base their position on three theories: first, that, under the…
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