Court Opinion

ID: 9464470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 23:34:13.599362+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:38:38.798079
License: Public Domain

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
The majority reverses on two grounds (1) standing to maintain the claim of employment discrimination and (2) inadequacy of the trial court’s findings. The decision of the trial court that the plaintiffs lacked standing on the employment issue was made after a prolonged trial on the merits at which full opportunity was given all parties to present evidence and arguments. In my opinion the record does not show employment discrimination at the time of trial or threatened in the future. The plaintiffs lose both on the standing issue and on the merits. No good purpose is served by any technical discussion of the difference between the two approaches. A remand results in nothing but further controversy over an issue which is best put at rest. I would affirm.