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Leblanc v. City of Tallahassee
16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. d192
The plaintiff brought this action against the City of Tallahassee for alleged racial discrimination, including claims that he had received lower merit pay increases than similarly situated white employees. In examining the case, the court noted that all claims that had not been filed within 300 days of the alleged discrimination were time barred and that summary judgment for the defendant was appropriate as to those claims. The continuing violation doctrine did not toll the 300 day period because each pay increase was a discrete act giving rise to separate disparate impact claims needing to be filed within the 300 day period. The defendant employer was entitled to summary judgment where the plaintiff had only provided conclusory, self-serving assertions that he had been discriminated against, and where the defendant had produced ample evidence to suggest that during the charge-filing period the plaintiff had not receive lower raises on the basis of race.
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