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SHIPP v. MEMPHIS AREA OFFICE, TENN. DEPT. OF EMP.

No. 76-1515.

581 F.2d 1167 (1978)

Eroneous SHIPP et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEMPHIS AREA OFFICE, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elijah Noel, Jr., Ratner, Sugarmon, Lucas & Salky, Memphis, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, Morris J. Baller, Eric Schnapper, New York City, William E. Caldwell, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Brooks McLemore, Atty. Gen. of Tenn., Sam J. McAllester, Jr., Chief Counsel, Dept. of Employment Sec., W. Henry Haile, Haile & Martin, P.A., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before WEICK, CELEBREZZE and KEITH, Circuit Judges.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Eroneous Shipp, a Black man, appeals from a judgment of the district court denying both individual and class claims against the Memphis Area Office of the Tennessee Department of Employment Security (TDES), the Tennessee Department of Personnel, and Jane Hardaway, its former Commissioner. Plaintiff commenced this action on September 16, 1971, on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated Black persons, alleging that TDES engaged in racial...

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