Legal Opinion
Ballard v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided October 26, 2011No. 1:08-cr-00141PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
WILLIAM M. SKRETNY, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Diane Ballard brings this action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (“Title VII”), for a declaration that she is a prevailing party and to recover attorney’s fees. Presently before this Court is Defendant HSBC Bank USA’s (“HSBC”) Motion to Dismiss. (Docket No. 20.) For the following reasons, that motion is denied.
II. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
On April 25, 1989 and December 14, 1990, Diane Ballard, a former HSBC employee who is black,…
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