ABRON v. BLACK & DECKER (U.S.) INC.

No. 79-1871.

654 F.2d 951 (1981)

Sarah L. ABRON, Appellee, v. BLACK & DECKER (U.S.) INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Shawe, Arthur M. Brewer, Baltimore, Md. (Earle K. Shawe, Eric Hemmendinger, Shawe & Rosenthal, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Norris C. Ramsey, Baltimore, Md. (Karon D. Ramsey, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Mark S. Flynn, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C. (Leroy D. Clark, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Vincent Blackwood, Washington, D. C., on brief), for amicus curiae.

Before BUTZNER, RUSSELL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Invoking both Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., and § 1981, 42 U.S.C., the plaintiff, a black woman, has filed this discrimination suit against her former employer, the defendant Black & Decker. In her complaint she asserts both an individual and a broad class wide claim. Her individual claim of discriminatory treatment consisted of the denial by the employer of her request, upon return to work after medical leave, for a temporary...

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