Free Order on Motion for Summary Judgment - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:01-cv-02037-MRK

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Filed 12/09/2004

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

Kendra (HEWITT) Morgan, Darlene WHALEY and Ethel L. WRIGHT Individually and as Class Representatives, Plaintiffs, v. THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION, Defendant.

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CIVIL NO. 3:01CV2037 (MRK)

RULING AND ORDER Pending before the Court is Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [doc. #51]. Defendants assert that Plaintiffs' claim for punitive damages should be dismissed because punitive damages are not available for claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. The Court agrees, and having received no objection from the Plaintiffs' the Court GRANTS Defendant's Motion [doc. #51].

IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/

Mark R. Kravitz United States District Judge

Dated at New Haven, Connecticut: December 9, 2004.