Legal Opinion
McReynolds v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 2012No. 11-3639PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs have filed a class action suit that charges Merrill Lynch with racial discrimination in employment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The plaintiffs ask that a class be certified for two purposes: deciding a common issue, Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(c)(4) — whether the defendant has engaged and is engaging in practices that have a disparate impact (that is, a discriminatory effect, though it need not be intentional) on the members of the class, in violation of federal antidiscrimination law — and providing injunctive…
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