Sep 22, 2010
Covington Wins Partial Summary Judgment in Discrimination Case
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has further reduced the claims Yolanda Young can pursue in her racial discrimination suit against Covington & Burling, where she worked as a staff attorney. Determining that Young lacked standing to pursue the job-assignment portion of her disparate impact claim, the judge granted Covington’s motion for partial summary judgment on that count. The decision was the latest victory for Covington in a case that has already amassed what the judge described as a “rich procedural history.”