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· 8/15/1985

Paul JEFFRIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 770 F.2d 676
  • 38 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1282
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 22318
  • 38 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 35,527

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a delay of ten years was \manifestly unreasonable\
  • finding that the CTA’s loss or destruction of records through a business retention-destruction schedule does not impute any bad faith or consciousness of guilt
  • explaining that “[t]he longer the delay, the less prejudice [the] defendant must establish”
  • finding inexcusable delay where the claimant “did nothing for at least nine years. He did not call or write to the EEOC”
  • \Laches is generally a factual question not subject to summary judgment.\
  • “[l]aches is generally a factual question not subject to summary judgment”

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Judges: Cummings, Wood, Wright

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