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Barrington Boyd v. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 19-1488 · judgment May 29, 2020


Certiorari denied · November 2, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

QUESTIOWN(S) PRESENTED Is it a matter of national interest and importance that large financial services employers should not be able to skate around discrimination laws, EEOC regulations and federal discrimination laws while unnecessarily and viciously destroying US workers lives when issues of discrimination are raised? The questions posed are'- (l)Whether TIAA one of the US largest retirement plan provider, a fortune 100 corporation with over 17,000 employees illegally weaponized FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) FORM U5 (to effect violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1967) - as a blacklisting tool against former discriminated against employee- a reporting repository for registered financial services employees? FINRA FORM U5 contains accumulated former employer(s) remarks - corrections, modifications, employment history, regulatory actions, investment related licensing information, arbitration, and complaints? (2) Given that TIAA is a expert employer in completing FINRA Form U5 — did TIAA intend to file negative remarks in breach of the contract they drafted? Something needs to be done to stop the discriminatory injustice by huge financial services firms use of FINRA as a blacklisting tool to deny US workers employment opportunity in a field that the workers spent years to be qualified to work in. It is time for the court to act now and set a precedent about the mistreatment of employees by these huge trillion-dollar firms. And implement a process for expungement of illegal and discrimination remarks in FINRA repository open to employees. *

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Barrington C. Boyd

For respondent
Rebecca K. Lindahl
Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 02 2020
    Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 07 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
  3. Sep 30 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Teachers Ins. and Annuity Assoc. of America, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Aug 27 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 2, 2020)