42 USC § 1981

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In Benedith v. White Plains Hospital, 2021 WL 4555192 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 4, 2021), the court dismissed plaintiff’s complaint, which asserted claims of race, color, and national origin discrimination (in the form of a failure to hire him as a physician). The court explained: At the pleading stage in an employment discrimination action, a plaintiff must…

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In Karupaiyan v. CVS Health Corp. et al, 19 Civ. 8814, 2021 WL 4341132 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 23 2021), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claims of race discrimination against several defendants under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 1981, and the New York State and City Human…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Survive Against CVS et al; Court Applies the “Stray Remarks” Doctrine
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In Johnson v. Ford Motor Company, 2021 WL 3928920 (6th Cir. Sept. 2, 2021), the court reversed the lower court’s Order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of race-based hostile work environment/harassment under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: [T]he district court erred in granting summary judgment to Ford on the…

Read More “Intertwined” Race/Sex Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment Against Ford Motor Company
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In Ahmad v. Colin Day, et al, 20 Civ. 4507, 2021 WL 3700552 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 20, 2021), the court denied the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s claims of employment discrimination. In sum, plaintiff asserts that his former employer and two individual defendants discriminated against him because of his race, color, religion and national…

Read More Motion to Compel Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Claims Denied; Claims Did Not “Arise Out Of” Confidentiality Agreement
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In Avent v. Target Corporation et al, 19-1565, 2021 WL 3089120 (NDNY July 22, 2021), the court, inter alia, dismissed defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The court explained: [T]he Court found that Plaintiff sufficiently stated…

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In Gerald v. DCV Holdings, Inc., et al, 17-CV-6525, 2021 WL 2809915 (E.D.N.Y. July 6, 2021), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of race discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 1981, and the New York State Human Rights Law, and…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Court Notes Evidence of Decades-Long Egregious Discrimination, Abuse, and Racist Language
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In Watkins v. NYC Transit Authority, 2021 WL 2099229 (2d Cir. May 25, 2021) (Summary Order), the Court affirmed the lower court’s order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial following a defense jury verdict. The court summarized the facts of the case as follows: On September 28, 2015, Watkins, a Caribbean-American Black woman, began…

Read More 2d Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Race-Based Co-Worker Hostile Work Environment Case Against NYC Transit Authority
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In Wimberly v. automotive Mastermind, Inc., No. 20-2880, 2021 WL 2043623 (SDNY May 21, 2021), the court, inter alia, dismissed, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), plaintiff’s claim asserting a racially hostile work environment under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The law, as summarized by the court: In order to establish a hostile work environment…

Read More Section 1981 Hostile Work Environment Race Discrimination Claim Dismissed; Disproportionate Scrutiny, “Ghetto” Comments, Etc. Insufficient
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In Abdelal v. Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, City of New York, No. 20-1436, 2021 WL 2025173 (2d Cir. May 21, 2021) (Summary Order) (Walker, Leval, Chin), the court vacated the lower court’s order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of discrimination based on his Egyptian national origin, Middle Eastern ancestry, and…

Read More Egyptian / Middle Eastern / Muslim Plaintiff’s Discrimination Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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In Green v. NYU Langone Medical Center, 2021 WL 1910549 (SDNY May 12, 2021), the court dismissed plaintiff’s federal claims of race discrimination and retaliation (asserted under Title VII of the Civil rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. 1981), and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over plaintiff’s state and local law claims. The court…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Dismissed Against NYU Langone Medical Center as Time-Barred
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