Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Carter v. South Central Bell
Carter v. S. Cent. Bell, 501 U.S. 1260 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-06-28
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- interpreting Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, 491 U.S. 164, 179-80, 109 S.Ct. 2363, 2374, 105 L.Ed.2d 132 (1989) to foreclose claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 for retaliation in response to suit under Title VII
- limitations period began to run when employee was told he would be terminated two weeks after a replacement was hired, not when he was terminated
- court emphasized that the alleged conduct must have impaired the plaintiff’s ability to enforce contractual rights either through court or otherwise on the basis of race
- defense of laches available when party can show both lack of diligence in bring a timely claim and prejudice to the defendant
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Justice O’Connor took no