JOHNSON v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC.

No. 83-1695.

734 F.2d 1304 (1984)

William Ray JOHNSON, Appellant, v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. McKinley, John J. Kitchin, Swanson, Midgley, Gangwere, Clarke & Kitchin, Kansas City, Mo., and Daniel L. Hornbeck, Overland Park, Kan., for appellee.

Samuel I. McHenry, Legal Aid of Western Mo., Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 28, 1984.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant William Ray Johnson brought this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, and under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Johnson, who is black, claimed that his discharge from employment with defendant Yellow Freight Systems, Inc., resulted from racial discrimination. The district court denied Johnson relief on the Title VII claim...

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