REVIS v. LAIRD

No. 78-1946.

627 F.2d 982 (1980)

Raul Edward REVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Melvin LAIRD, Secretary of Defense et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Keith Corbin, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Linda M. Cole, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before SNEED, KENNEDY and HUG, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the issue whether either Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or 42 U.S.C. § 1981 entitles appellant to a trial de novo on his federal employment discrimination claim. The trial court held that Title VII remedies should not be applied retroactively to these facts, and that there was no need for a de novo hearing under section 1981. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The district court stated the facts...

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