Document Type
Case Brief
Publication Date
7-20-1995
Opinion
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Barron P. McCune, J., 854 F.Supp. 378, granted employer's motion for summary judgment in Title VII case, and appeal was taken. The Court of Appeals, Becker, Circuit Judge, 31 F.3d 1221, vacated and remanded, and petition for writ of certiorari was granted. The United States Supreme Court, 514 U.S. 1034, 115 S.Ct. 1397, 131 L.Ed.2d 286, vacated judgment and remanded case. The Court of Appeals held that, if employer proved that it would have terminated worker's employment for the reason revealed by the after-acquired evidence, backpay would run from discharge to time that wrongdoing was discovered. Remanded. Procedural Posture(s): On Appeal; Motion for Summary Judgement.
Court
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Judges
Hon. Edward Roy Becker, Hon. Richard L. Nygaard, Yohn
Lawyers
Joel S. Sansone (argued), Kelly L. Scanlon, Sansone & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellant. Roslyn M. Litman (argued), Martha S. Helmreich, Litman Litman Harris Brown and Watzman, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for appellee. James R. Neely, Jr., Deputy Gen. Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Barbara L. Sloan (argued), E.E.O.C., Office of Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae in support of appellant.
Recommended Citation
1995 WL 429103