The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has certified to New York’s highest state court, the New York Court of Appeals, this question of first impression: whether a plaintiff is barred from pursuing federal law discrimination claims under Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act if a New York state court previously dismissed similar state law claims by the same plaintiff as untimely.
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