Legal Opinion
Avagliano v. Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 7, 1984No. Nos. 77 Civ. 5641 (CHT), 82 Civ. 4930 (CHT)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TENNEY, District Judge.
These actions, which have been consolidated for the purposes of discovery, were brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (1982) (“Title VII”), and under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1982) (“§ 1981”).1 Plaintiffs allege in both actions that the Sumitomo Corporation of America (“Sumitomo”), formerly Sumitomo Shoji America,2 has a preference for the employment of male Japanese nationals in positions above the clerical level. They contend that Sumitomo’s preferential employment practices constitute discriminatory treatment on the…
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- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by21 opinions
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