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LONG v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 73-1993.

496 F.2d 500 (1974)

Claude E. LONG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant; James Robertson, Peter A. Bell, Cary Lerman, Washington, D. C., Joseph A. O'Reilly, James R. Jackson, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., on brief; Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

William D. Haynes, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee; V. Paul Donnelly, Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Before CELEBREZZE and ENGEL, Circuit Judges, and ROSENSTEIN, Senior Customs Judge.

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

Ford Motor Company appeals from a judgment awarding Claude E. Long $10,949 on his claim that his discharge from Ford was racially discriminatory in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We reverse and remand for further consideration.

Claude Long, a black college graduate and former Department of Labor compliance officer, sought employment with Ford Motor Company, hoping to get into industrial management...

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