REID v. MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

Nos. 74-1761, 74-1762.

521 F.2d 512 (1975)

McCann L. REID, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armistead F. Clay, Memphis, Tenn., for McCann L. Reid.

National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, Brooklyn, N. Y., amicus curiae.

David E. Caywood, Memphis, Tenn., Louis R. Lucas, William E. Caldwell, Memphis, Tenn., for Memphis Pub. Co.

Before WEICK, EDWARDS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Reid has appealed from an order of the District Court denying his motion to assess attorney's fees against appellee, Memphis Publishing Company. The Publishing Company has cross-appealed from a judgment entered against it in favor of Reid in the amount of $7,349, for damages for allegedly failing to employ him as a copyreader in one of its newspapers, because of his religion.

This is Reid's second appeal. Our opinion in the...

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