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GARNER v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RY. CO.

No. 81-1928.

676 F.2d 1223 (1982)

Sammie GARNER, Appellant, v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY d/b/a Cotton Belt Railroad, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer F. Robinson, Coleman, Gantt, Ramsay & Cox, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellee.

Gene E. McKissic, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellant.

Before STEPHENSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

STEPHENSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Sammie L. Garner appeals the district court's1 denial of relief on his action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The complaint alleged that appellee St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (Cotton Belt) discriminated against Garner by wrongfully dismissing him on racial grounds from employment with the railroad. We affirm the district court's denial of relief.

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