CONERLY v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.

No. 77-3909.

623 F.2d 117 (1980)

Samuel CONERLY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric D. Carlyle, San Jose, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edwin L. Currey, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before ANDERSON and TANG, Circuit Judges, and WYATT, District Judge.


J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Conerly appeals from the dismissal of his civil rights action for employment discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against Westinghouse. The district court dismissed Conerly's action because it had not been filed until twenty-seven years after the alleged act of discrimination had occurred, and was therefore barred by the statute of limitations.

When Conerly was hired by Westinghouse on January 4, 1949, he was the only...

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