LOPEZ v. CITIBANK, N.A.

No. 86-1292.

808 F.2d 905 (1987)

Homero LOPEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CITIBANK, N.A., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis F. Padilla, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Manuel Navas Pavia, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for appellants.

Jay A. Garcia-Gregory with whom Jose A. Silva-Cofresi, Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez and Roberto Buso-Aboy, San Juan, P.R., were on brief, for appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The question raised in this appeal is whether mental incapacity tolls the statute of limitations in an employment discrimination suit. The district court dismissed appellant's `nationality discrimination' claim, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a), because the appellant filed it eighteen months after being given notice that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had dismissed his charge. The relevant statute of limitations had expired fifteen months...

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