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DRAKE v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO.

No. 76-1842.

553 F.2d 1185 (1977)

Larry DRAKE, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Greenblatt (argued), Clayton, Mo., on brief, for appellant.

Thad Hollie, Jr. (argued), John D. Rahoy and Leo E. Eickhoff, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and URBOM, Chief District Judge.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Larry Drake, a black person, brings this appeal from an order dismissing his complaint without prejudice for want of prosecution. The complaint, filed October 24, 1975, alleged that Drake's employer, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, unlawfully discriminated against Drake by discharging him on April 5, 1972, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.

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