CULPEPPER v. REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY

No. 27547.

421 F.2d 888 (1970)

Samuel CULPEPPER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Moore, Jr., Peter E. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., Jack Greenberg, Norman C. Amaker, Robert Belton, Vilma Martinez Singer, New York City, David Copus, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant; Albert J. Rosenthal, New York City, of counsel.

Fred R. Edney, Richmond, Va., William M. Pate, Mitchell, Clarke, Pate & Anderson, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Daniel Steiner, Gen. Counsel, Russel Specter, Asst. Gen. Counsel, David Cashdan, Atty., Washington, D. C., for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as amicus curiae.

Before TUTTLE, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Samuel Culpepper, filed an action on October 24, 1968, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e et seq. alleging racial discrimination in the employment practices of appellee, Reynolds Metals Company, and specifically in the denial of a promotion to the position of relief slitter operator.

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