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HIGGINS v. STATE OF OKL. EX REL. OKL. EMP. SEC.

No. 79-1264.

642 F.2d 1199 (1981)

Willie HIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. OKLAHOMA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Taylor and Michael Conaway, Attys., Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Victor Law Ellis, Gen. Counsel, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Tulsa, Okl.; and John Paul Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okl., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Tom M. Cummings of Grove & Grove, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Robert G. Grove, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and McKAY, and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Willie Higgins, a black, was employed by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission in 1967. He resigned in October 1976, claiming the Commission had failed to promote him because of his race. After exhausting his administrative remedies, he brought this action alleging discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. The district court entered judgment in his favor. The...

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