Chin v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

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• holding that district court properly admitted background evidence predating the onset of the limitations period and that there was sufficient evidence for a reasonable juror to conclude that the defendant discriminated against plaintiffs within the limitations period
• noting that even if prerequisites are present, the decision to give an adverse inference instruction lies in the discretion of the district court
• noting that the pattern or practice “method of proof ... .originated in the class action context, in Franks”
• determining that Morgan forecloses untimely failure-to-promote claims even if they result from an ongoing policy
• noting that, to sustain a disparate impact claim, Plaintiffs must \identify a specific discriminatory employment practice\
• finding that even when a failure to promote is part of an ongoing discriminatory policy, each instance is still a discrete act for the purpose of the statute of limitations

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