Legal Opinion
Matima v. Celli
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 18, 2000No. Nos. 1500, 606, Dockets 97-9451, 98-7199PublishedCited by 275 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Lekunutu Matima (“Matima”) alleged that his former employer, Ayerst Laboratories, Inc. (“Ay-*71erst”), discriminated against him because of his race and national origin and discharged him in retaliation for complaining about that discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (“Title VII”); 42 U.S.C. § 1981; and New York State Executive Law § 296. After an eight-day trial, during which Matima appeared pro se, a jury found (i) that Ayerst’s employment actions were…
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