Gannett Beats Class Bias Suit by Nonminority Newsroom Workers (1)

Gannett Co. doesn’t have to face a proposed class action alleging it systematically discriminated against nonminority journalists by establishing a policy that required racial and gender parity throughout the workforce, a Virginia federal judge ruled.

The amended complaint filed by four men and one woman one year ago failed to assert the necessary ingredients for a class lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1981 against one of the largest newspaper publishers in the country, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said Wednesday.

At issue, according to the revised complaint, were policies they said then were adopted by Gannett ...