DARKS v. CITY OF CINCINNATI

No. 83-3718.

745 F.2d 1040 (1984)

Harry DARKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CINCINNATI, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc D. Mezibov, argued, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Plaintiff-appellant.

William M. Gustavson, argued, M. Kathleen Robbins, Asst. City Sol., Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRITT and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and WISEMAN, Chief District Judge.


CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

The defendant city denied plaintiff Darks a license to operate a dance hall1 because Darks had two felony convictions. Darks sued the city claiming he had been discriminated against on the basis of race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 & 1983; and that the city...

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