GIBBS v. MAXWELL HOUSE, A DIV. OF GEN. FOODS

No. 83-3663. Non-Argument Calendar.

738 F.2d 1153 (1984)

Frank GIBBS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAXWELL HOUSE, A DIVISION OF GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deitra Micks, Stephen Pajcic, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard R. Boisseau, Kilpatrick & Cody, L. Dale Owens, Atlanta, Ga., William S. Ostan, White Plains, N.Y., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, TJOFLAT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Frank Gibbs, the plaintiff below, was employed as a "green coffee dumper" by the Maxwell House Division of the General Foods Corporation in Jacksonville, Florida. There were some labor difficulties at the Maxwell House plant and in the aftermath Gibbs was fired. Gibbs, who is black, alleged that he was discharged because of his race; he brought suit against Maxwell House on March 11, 1980, under a number of theories.1

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