GREEN v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION

No. 20596.

463 F.2d 337 (1972)

Percy H. GREEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 12, 1972.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Gilden, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gaylord C. Burke, Thomas C. Walsh, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellee; Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., of counsel.

Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Norman C. Amaker, William L. Robinson, New York City, for amicus curiae NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

Before JOHNSEN, LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 12, 1972.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Percy Green, a black citizen, brought this action against McDonnell-Douglas Corporation (McDonnell) under Title VII1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, seeking relief from the latter's allegedly discriminatory conduct in denying Green employment in July 1965. Green also pressed a claim that McDonnell had discharged him from a job in August 1964 for reasons...

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