In the context of a reverse-race discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Western District analyzed whether a corporation is an individual under a bankruptcy provision excepting plaintiff’s claim from discharge. In another case, a judge refused to compel arbitration finding the arbitration provisions substantively unconscionable in a decision chock full of interesting footnoted related discussions.
In Fantigrossi v. Am. Eagle Airlines, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28229 (W.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2017), Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. analyzed a company’s ability to extinguish potential Title VII claims through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Plaintiff commenced a Title VII action against his former employer, American Eagle Airlines (AEA), for alleged reverse-race discrimination after AEA terminated his employment.
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