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GREEN v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 74-1849.

523 F.2d 1290 (1975)

Buck GREEN et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1975.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing September 15, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis H. Kennedy, St. Louis, Mo., Walter W. Heiser, Legal Aid Society of the City and County of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo., was co-counsel for appellant.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Susan J. Johnson, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

R. W. Yost, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before JONES, Senior Circuit Judge and HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing En Banc September 15, 1975.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MoPac) follows an absolute policy of refusing consideration for employment to any person convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic offense. Appellant-Buck Green, who is black, raises the principal question of whether this policy violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.

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