Frazier v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises important questions concerning the application of this Circuit’s requirement that civil rights plaintiffs plead specific facts in their complaints. Because we conclude that the district court misapplied the specificity doctrine in dismissing some of the counts in the complaint, although it did not err in dismissing others, we vacate and remand for further proceedings.

I

On July 20, 1984, nine present and former employees of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) filed a class action suit alleging that SEPTA had…