ROBINSON v. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY

No. CIV-77-0350-E.

446 F.Supp. 240 (1978)

Edward L. ROBINSON, Plaintiff, v. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, d/b/a Dayton Tire and Rubber Co., Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Oklahoma.

March 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Mitchell, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff.

Edward E. Soule and Peter T. Van Dyke of Lytle, Soule & Emery, Oklahoma City, Okl., and Thorley C. Mills, Jr., Akron, Ohio, for defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

EUBANKS, District Judge.

This action was tried before the Court on March 9, 1978. The parties were represented by their respective counsel of record. Plaintiff contends that defendant refused to hire him because he had been unemployed nine months and since percentage-wise more blacks are always unemployed than whites such reason for refusing to hire operates to discriminate against him because of his race. After considering...

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