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· 3/28/1989

Thomasina Mack v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.

Citations

  • 871 F.2d 179
  • 13 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 330
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 3823
  • 49 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 38,882
  • 50 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 971
  • 1989 WL 27555

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a party may not “undertake wholly exploratory operations in the vague hope that something helpful will turn up.”
  • noting that the First Circuit’s “narrow view” of equitable tolling reaches only “active deception” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
  • stating that under the continuing violation doctrine, plaintiff still retains “the burden of demonstrating that some discriminatory act transpired within the appropriate time frame”
  • noting that the First Circuit's \narrow view\ of equitable tolling reaches only \active deception\ (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
  • noting that the First Circuit's \narrow view\ of equitable tolling reaches only \active deception\ (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
  • noting that in cases of systemic violations it is “unnecessary [for a plaintiff] to identify any single act of discrimination within the limitations period”

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Judges: Breyer, Aldrich, Selya

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