Legal Opinion
Bryant v. New Jersey Department of Transportation
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 18, 1998No. CIV. A. 97-1397PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge.
On February 17, 1998, I determined that the plaintiffs in this action lacked standing to sue under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and I therefore dismissed the Amended Complaint for lack of jurisdiction. See Bryant v. New Jersey Department of Transportation (“Bryant I”), 987 F.Supp. 343, (D.N.J.1998). Specifically, I found that the plaintiffs’ claims did not fall within the “zone of interests” protected by Title VI as that zone had been defined by the seminal case of Simpson v. Reynolds Metals Co., Inc., 629 F.2d 1226 (7th Cir.1980). On February 25,…
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