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· 8/24/1979

Ralph A. NIELSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 603 F.2d 741
  • 20 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1003
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 12250
  • 20 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 30,219

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  • \the district court correctly concluded that the notice requirement is not jurisdictional but is similar to a statute of limitations and therefore subject to equitable tolling\
  • \summary judgment\ construed as final determination where district court and all parties treated hearing as full trial of factual issues and where all relevant evidence was presented
  • “summary judgment” construed as final determination where district court and all parties treated hearing as full trial of factual issues and where all relevant evidence was presented
  • Because there were “sufficient facts in the record from which [a] trial court could conclude that plaintiff was generally aware of his cause of action at the time he was demoted,” it upheld the lower court’s refusal to toll the filing requirement.

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Judges: Lay, Heaney, Devitt

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