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TAYLOR v. PETER KIEWIT AND SONS COMPANY

No. 6956.

271 F.2d 639 (1959)

Allen TAYLOR, Appellant, v. PETER KIEWIT AND SONS COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

October 19, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Scott and Samuel C. Jackson, Topeka, Kan., (Elisha Scott and John Scott, Topeka, Kan., on the brief), for appellant.

A. Harry Crane and Arthur L. Claussen, Topeka, Kan., for appellee.

Before BRATTON, LEWIS and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff Taylor, a Negro, sued appellee-defendant Kiewit alleging that he was wrongfully discharged from his job as a cement finisher because of his race and color. The judgment below was for the defendant.

Kiewit was engaged in the construction business and had a contract with the Veterans Administration, an agency of the United States Government, to construct hospital buildings at Topeka, Kansas. Taylor was a member...

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