January 07, 2022
A Black former congressman asked the Eleventh Circuit to rethink tossing his race discrimination case against a nonprofit legal aid firm, saying the panel that ruled against him created a circuit split by ruling his suspension with pay wasn't enough to sue over.
December 02, 2021
The Eleventh Circuit refused Thursday to revive a Black former U.S. congressman's discrimination and defamation lawsuit against a nonprofit legal aid firm, saying in a novel ruling that a suspension with pay couldn't serve as the basis for his discrimination claims.