· 12/22/1997
Adamantia Pollis v. The New School for Social Research
Citations
- 132 F.3d 115
- 1997 WL 781055
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding evidence of knowledge of disparity and failure to remedy sufficient to support the jury’s finding of a willful violation of the Equal Pay Act
- finding in an EPA case that employer acted willfully for purposes of the statute of limitations, “and the resulting compensatory award should be doubled pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s liquidated damages provision” under 29 U.S.C. § 260
- “The smaller the sample . . . the less persuasive the inference of discrimination to be drawn from it.”
- plaintiff made multiple complaints over several years about sex based pay disparity but defendant failed to rectify the situation
- “The continuing violation doctrine allows a plaintiff in certain circumstances to recover on the basis of an ongoing policy or practice of illegal activity initiated prior to the limitations period.”
- affirming finding of willfulness under Equal Pay Act (“EPA”
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Judges: Winter, Jacobs, Leval
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