Legal Opinion
Lulu R. Williams v. Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 2, 1987No. 86-5772PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by a government employee, Lulu Williams, whose Title VII action was dismissed because she sued the wrong defendant, i.e., the agency by which she was employed instead of the agency head, and then failed to name or serve an appropriate substitute government defendant within the short (thirty day) statutory period. The appeal presents the question whether Williams may amend her complaint through the Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(c) relation back doctrine after the limitations period has passed to name the correct defendant and, if not, whether her…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Smith v. American President Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- KOCIAN, Charlotte T. v. GETTY REFINING & MARKETING COMPANY Appeal of Charlotte KOCIANCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- School District of the City of Allentown v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, U. S. Department of Labor and Edward HannaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Karen A. Cooper v. U.S. Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by49 opinions
- William L. Mondy v. Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Sidney Lundy Claire Lundy v. Adamar of New Jersey, Inc., T/a Trop World, Defendant/third Party v. Dr. Domenic Frank Carlino, Individually Dr. Domenic Frank Carlino, a Professional Association, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Jerrald M. Johnson v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Robert Warren v. Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- John E. Rys, Jr. v. U.S. Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
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