ROACH v. DRESSER IND. VALVE & INSTRUMENT DIVISION

Civ. A. No. 780157.

494 F.Supp. 215 (1980)

Calvin J. ROACH v. DRESSER INDUSTRIAL VALVE AND INSTRUMENT DIVISION, a division of Dresser Industries, Inc.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Alexandria Division.

July 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Broussard, Jr., Alexandria, La., for plaintiff.

Richard B. Sadler, Jr., Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay, Alexandria, La., Peter J. Carre, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Washington, D.C., for defendant.


EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:

Invoking Title VII, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, Calvin Roach, a native born American of Acadian descent, challenges as discriminatory his employment termination with Dresser Industries. He alleges that his employment was terminated on March 31, 1977, because of his national origin and his association with co-employees of the same national origin (Acadians, or "Cajuns").

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