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Civil Procedure Keyed to Yeazell
Davis v. Precoat Metals
Facts
Davis (P) as well as other African-American and Latino employees at the Chicago plant of Precoat Metals (Precoat) (D) filed a discrimination suit against their employer on the grounds of discrimination and revengeful action on the basis of race and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion and sex and nationality of origin. In their complaint they made the allegation that their working environment was hostile and they were forced to endure insulting comments about their race from management-level employees of Precoat (D). Davis moved the court to request discovery regarding complaints of the same class by lower-class employees (non-clerical and non-administrative staff) of the Chicago plant. Precoat (D) argued that this was information of a type which could not properly be discovered.
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