Legal Opinion
Edith Jones, Eunice Young, Virginia Clark v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 16, 2002No. 01-3271PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Several classes of plaintiffs brought suit against their former employer, R.R. Don-nelley & Sons (“Donnelley”), for race discrimination pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Before the court is a single certified question: “[W]hether in a 1996 lawsuit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 alleging race discrimination in termination of employment, and maintenance of a racially hostile work environment, the appropriate statute of limitations is the ‘catch-all’ four-year period enacted by Congress in 1990 and codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1658, or the personal injury statute of limitations of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Patterson v. McLean Credit UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Alvin Hunter v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation, Engine Division, and Andre J. Lambert, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. And Patrick Palella v. Peter H. Lauer and Therese A. LauerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by24 opinions
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