Legal Opinion
Avigliano v. Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 5, 1979No. 77 Civ. 5641 (CHT)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TENNEY, District Judge.
In this civil rights case, plaintiffs charge discrimination on the bases of sex and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1974), and of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1970). 1 They seek class ac- ‘ tion status. Plaintiffs are past and present female secretarial employees of defendant Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. 2 (“Sumitomo”). Sumitomo is an “integrated trading company” 3 incorporated in New York as a wholly owned subsidiary of a Japanese corporation. The parent corporation is not a party to this…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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