GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, John B. Foster, sued his employer, Swift & Co., pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1870, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, alleging that Swift had engaged in employment discrimination against him because of his race. Specifically, Foster alleged (1) that Swift's initial refusal to hire him in 1963 was racially motivated and, even though he was eventually hired in 1966, Swift's refusal to correct his seniority status, to reflect the date...
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