Legal Opinion
Parker v. Gadow
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 24, 2006No. 408,2005PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice.
The plaintiff-below, Joyce Parker (“Parker”), appeals from a final judgment of the Superior Court that granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss her complaint, based on the running of the two-year statute of limitations. According to Parker, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 amended 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and now provides for a four-year statute of limitations. As a result, Parker contends that the Superior Court improperly dismissed her complaint as time-barred because that four-year statute of limitations should apply to this proceeding. 1
The Superior Court determined that, since…
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