KANAJI v. CHILDREN'S HOSP. OF PHILADELPHIA

Civil Action No. 00-937.

276 F.Supp.2d 399 (2003)

Basiru KANAJI, Plaintiff, v. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 13, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. Ludwig, Fox Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

David W. Wolf, The Law Offices of David W. Wolf, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

RUFE, District Judge.

The motion presently before the Court presents a very interesting, but narrow, issue: whether a plaintiff can state a claim for national origin discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when he alleges only that he is "of direct African descent," and does not specify his nation or country of origin. Defendant argues that this is a defect fatal to Plaintiff's claim, and moves for partial...

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