Black Ex-U.S. Lawmaker Loses Appeal Over Legal Group Suspension

An Alabama legal services group was properly granted dismissal of former U.S. Rep. Artur Davis (D)'s race discrimination suit because his paid suspension while the organization probed allegations of wrongdoing wasn’t an adverse job action, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Thursday in a case of first impression.

Other federal appeals courts have addressed whether a paid suspension, as opposed to a suspension without pay, can be the sort of job action that supports a bias claim under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the court said. No circuit has ever held that a mere suspension with pay, without more, ...