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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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