Foutty v. Equifax Services, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown · Stafford v. Oklahoma · Gregory v. United States · Reavis v. Antinore · Arkansas Public Service Commission v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
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“It is the general rule that a motion to reconsider is the opportunity for the court to correct manifest errors of law or fact and to review newly discovered evidence. Appropriate circumstances for a motion to reconsider are where the court has obviously misapprehended a party’s position, the facts or the law, or mistakenly has decided issues outside of those the parties presented for determination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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