Donahue v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- 442 Civil Rights: Jobs
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- summary judgment
- State
- California
- Circuit
- Ninth Circuit
Related Laws
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Claim Types
Outcome
The court granted Union Pacific's motion for summary judgment, finding that plaintiffs' ADA claims were time-barred under the 300-day statute of limitations. The court rejected plaintiffs' equitable tolling arguments based on a related class action, concluding the tolling period had expired before plaintiffs filed their EEOC charges.
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