PIERCE v. COUNTY OF OAKLAND

No. 79-1684.

652 F.2d 671 (1981)

Shirley PIERCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COUNTY OF OAKLAND; The Oakland County Board of Auditors; Daniel Key Murphy and Fred D. Houghton in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Waterman, Waterman, Hooe, Curry & Hughes, Pontiac, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack C. Hays, John F. Ross, Jr., Pontiac, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRITT, KENNEDY and BOYCE F. MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is a Title VII action in which Shirley Pierce alleges that she was discharged from her employment with the Oakland County Board of Auditors on account of her race. The District Court dismissed the complaint on the ground that the statute of limitations had run, and Pierce appeals.

Pierce was discharged from her employment in May of 1970. On May 13, 1970, she filed a complaint with the Michigan Civil Rights Commission alleging that her firing...

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