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MARKEY v. TENNECO OIL CO.

No. 77-3293.

635 F.2d 497 (1981)

Dempsey J. MARKEY, etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TENNECO OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Thomas, Okla Jones, II, Ronald C. Davis, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Andrew P. Carter, David Walker, Alvin J. Bordelon, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Dempsey J. Markey filed this class action against the Tenneco Oil Company for alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, § 701 et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981.1 Markey, a black, complained that he was fired from his job as a laborer at the Tenneco refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana, because of his race. He also contended...

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