SYLVESTER v. CALLON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

No. 83-4353 Summary Calendar.

724 F.2d 1210 (1984)

Jessie SYLVESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALLON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., formerly the Newman Company, and Michael Newman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia F. Dunmore, Southwest MS. Legal Services, Deborah A. McDonald, Lillie P. Blackmon, Natchez, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Brent Bourland, Derek A. Wyatt, Natchez, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Jessie Sylvester, a black male, filed a Title VII discrimination suit in federal district court, alleging that he was discharged from his job because of his racial status. The parties consented to a trial before a United States Magistrate. At the close of all evidence, the magistrate found that Sylvester had carried his initial burden of proving prima facie racial discrimination, but that the defendant employer had successfully rebutted the...

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