Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1984No. 83-185PublishedCited by 565 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The question to be decided is whether a judgment in a class action determining that an employer did not engage in a general pattern or practice of racial discrimination against the certified class of employees precludes a class member from maintaining a subsequent civil action alleging an individual claim of racial discrimination against the employer.
On March 22, 1977, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission commenced a civil action against respondent, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Respondent operates a branch in Charlotte, N.. C. (the Bank), where during the years 1974-1978 it…
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