POPE v. CITY OF HICKORY, N. C.

No. 81-1944.

679 F.2d 20 (1982)

Larry POPE, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellant, v. CITY OF HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce M. Brooks, Charlotte, N. C. (Sheely & Brooks, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

E. Murray Tate, Jr., Hickory, N. C. (Tate, Young, Morphis, Bogle and Bach, Hickory, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and JAMES C. CACHERIS, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, a black male formerly employed by the defendant municipality as a police officer, has sued charging racial discrimination violative of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and § 1981, 42 U.S.C. The District Judge, after a bench trial, granted judgment in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed. We affirm.

The plaintiff was employed as a police officer by the defendant in July...

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