DRAPER v. SMITH TOOL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY

No. 82-1966.

728 F.2d 256 (1984)

Billie J. DRAPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SMITH TOOL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Greene, argued, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Lawrence Katkowsky, argued, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDWARDS and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This is an employment discrimination case appealed by Smith Tool and Engineering Company from a decision after a bench trial before a District Judge in the Eastern District of Michigan.

Billie Draper is black. On Sunday, September 23, 1979, he read a classified advertisement in the Detroit News placed by Smith Tool. The ad sought applicants for detailer, designer and checker positions. Draper was on lay-off status...

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