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BECTON v. DETROIT TERMINAL OF CONSOL. FREIGHTWAYS

No. 80-1543.

687 F.2d 140 (1982)

Jesse H. BECTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DETROIT TERMINAL OF CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne Ellen Mirer, Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

F. R. Damm, Detroit, Mich., for Detroit Terminal of Consol. Freightways.

Douglas S. McDowell, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Before KENNEDY and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 27, 1982.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide how much weight to give an arbitration decision in a section 1981 employment discrimination case. The court below found that it was bound by an arbitration decision which held that the plaintiff, Jesse Becton, was discharged for "just cause." As a result, the court refused to consider any evidence which Becton had previously presented...

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