Steinle v. Boeing Co.

SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.

This appeal raises only the issue of the retroactivity of the 1991 Civil Rights Act provision for compensatory and punitive damages, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981a(a)(l) (West Supp.1994), and the related right to present that claim to a jury, id. § 1981a(c), for plaintiffs asserting a claim for intentional discrimination under 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e et seq. (Title VII). Because retroactivity is precluded by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Landgraf v. USI Film Prods., — U.S.-, 114 S.Ct. 1483, 128 L.Ed.2d 229 (1994), we affirm.

Dorothy S. Steinle brought this civil rights action…