WILLIAMS v. HEVI-DUTY ELEC. CO.

No. 86-5408.

819 F.2d 620 (1987)

Bobby E. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HEVI-DUTY ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence T. Lynch, argued, Foley and Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

William Bush, argued, Rural Legal Services of Tennessee, Cookeville, Tenn., Richard M. Brooks, Carthage, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ENGEL, KRUPANSKY and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 7, 1987.

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Bobby Williams, a disappointed job-seeker, brought a discrimination action against defendant Hevi-Duty Electric Company under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the judgment appealed from here, the trial court found that Hevi-Duty failed to hire Mr. Williams because of his race or color (a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a).) and because he had filed...

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