Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Johnson & Johnson Management Information Center
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 21, 1992No. Civ. 86-319PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLARKSON S. FISHER, District Judge.
This case involves the hotly debated question of whether the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Pub.L. No. 102-166, 105 Stat. 1071 (1991) (“1991 Act”), applies to cases that were pending at the time of its enactment. For the reasons sej forth below, this court holds that the Act does not. As a result, plaintiff’s motion to reinstate a claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 is denied.
Plaintiff commenced this action on January 21, 1986, alleging that defendant wrongfully terminated his employment in violation of his civil and employment rights under both federal and…
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