Jackson v. Quanex Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING QUANEX’S MOTION TO DISMISS

COHN, District Judge.

I

This is a hostile work environment racial discrimination case under the Civil Rights Act of 1866,42 U.S.C. § 1981, and Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, M.S.A § 3.548(101) et seq. Plaintiffs, Linda Jackson (Jackson) and Thomas Miller (Miller), are African-American employees of defendant Quanex Corporation (Quanex), who worked at its steel tubing plant in South Lyon, Michigan. Plaintiffs allege that Quanex has actively encouraged, tolerated, and condoned a racially hostile work environment at the South Lyon…