Legal Opinion
Azar v. TGI Friday's, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 15, 1996No. 94 CV-0845(ADS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
This case concerns a charge of national origin employment discrimination brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plaintiff, a former employee of the defendant TGI Friday’s, Inc., contends that he was discriminated against and discharged at the TGI Friday’s Huntington restaurant because he is of Iranian national origin, as evidenced, in part, by referring to the plaintiff as the “Ayatollah” in a persistent and derogatory manner.
THE TRIAL—FINDINGS OF FACT
The plaintiff Farhood Azar (the “plaintiff’ or “Azar”) was born in Tabriz, Iran…
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