Legal Opinion
Stanley Chenault v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1994No. 92-35128PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by Stanley Chenault from the district court’s denial of his motion to amend his complaint and dismissal of his action after a two-day bench trial by a magistrate judge requires us to determine whether certain sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 may be applied retroactively. Specifically, we must examine Section 102, which provides for compensatory and punitive damages as well as a jury trial in employment discrimination cases, Section 107, which creates a new framework for analyzing mixed-motive discrimination claims, and Section 114(1), which extends…
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