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- Title: Watson v. Eastman Kodak Company
- Author : Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 21, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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Appellant Johnny Watson alleges that he was removed from his position of Account Executive at Eastman Kodak Company ("Kodak") because of unlawful race and age discrimination. Under federal law, a complainant has 300 days from the date of the adverse employment decision to file a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"). In Delaware State College v. Ricks, 449 U.S. 250 (1980), the Supreme Court held that an adverse employment action occurs, and the statute of limitations therefore begins to run, at the time the employee receives notice of that action and termination is a delayed but inevitable result. Relying on Ricks, the District Court measured the limitations period from the date on which Watson was notified of his termination from the Account Executive position, and dismissed Watsons claim as untimely. Watson asserts that Rickss date of notification rule does not control the limitations period in his case because Kodak left open the possibility of Watsons continued employment with the company. We disagree. Because we concur with the District Court that the relevant date from which to measure the timeliness of Watsons discrimination claim is the date on which he was removed from the Account Executive position, and because we conclude that the mere speculative possibility of continued employment does not alter Rickss date of notification rule, we will affirm.
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