RAGGS v. MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 00-60874.

278 F.3d 463 (2002)

Herman RAGGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Fredrick Hawkins (argued), John L. Maxey, II, Maxey, Wann, Fyke & Hawkins, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul O. Miller, III (argued), Mark D. Fijman, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges, and FELDMAN, District Judge.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant, Herman Raggs (Raggs), filed suit against Defendant-Appellee, Mississippi Power & Light Company (MP&L), alleging race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which arose from his 1996 layoff by MP&L and its subsequent failure to rehire him in 1999. The magistrate judge presiding over the trial granted MP&L's Motion for Judgment as...

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