WRIGHT v. WESTERN ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 81-1004.

664 F.2d 959 (1981)

Curtis J. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Brice Cunningham, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thompson & Knight, Stephen F. Fink, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and TATE, Circuit Judges, and VERON, District Judge.


VERON, District Judge:

The plaintiff, Curtis J. Wright, brought suit against Western Electric Company, Inc., alleging that they discriminated against him on racial grounds by refusing to hire him as an electronics technician in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. Section 2000e et seq. (1976). The district court found for the defendant, holding that the plaintiff had failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination and...

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