· 6/23/2006
Worth, Dennis R. v. Jackson, Alphonso
Citations
- 451 F.3d 854
- 371 U.S. App. D.C. 339
- 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 15764
- 88 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,470
- 98 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 560
- 2006 WL 1715197
How courts have described this case
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- noting that plaintiff who intended to apply for job with allegedly discriminatory hiring policy had “eminently redressable” injury
- noting that the plaintiff's asserted intention to apply for new positions and promotions with the defendant on a regular basis in the future \is just the kind of speculative intention normally insufficient for standing purposes\
- crediting “unchallenged agency affidavit” that government “will not renew” challenged action and concluding that lawsuit was moot
- nonapplicant had standing to assert Title VII claim that employer’s discriminatory hiring policy prevented him from obtaining a position because he alleged that he was going to apply for a job “sometime in the relatively near future”
- applying this rule in the employment context
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Judges: Rogers, Tatel, Brown
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