Legal Opinion
Celestine v. Petroleos De Venezuella SA
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 2001No. 00-30171PublishedCited by 242 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns allegations of workplace racism directed at African Americans at the CITGO Petroleum Corporation’s (“CITGO”) Lake Charles, Louisiana plant. After the district court denied class certification, the appellants proceeded forward with the action as a series of individual claims. The district court subsequently granted summary motion in favor of the defendant CITGO on these claims. Plaintiffs now appeal from this grant by the district court.
BACKGROUND
On May 21, 1993, two hundred and six plaintiffs filed suit against CITGO alleging that a pattern and…
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