RAMSEY v. AMERICAN AIR FILTER CO., INC.

No. 84-2803.

772 F.2d 1303 (1985)

Palmer RAMSEY, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN AIR FILTER CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter D. Braud, Braud, Warner, Neppl & Westensee, Ltd., Rock Island, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas G. Abram, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before WOOD and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Palmer Ramsey, brought suit against his former employer, American Air Filter Co., Inc., alleging that it discriminated against him on the basis of race in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Specifically, plaintiff charged that defendant discriminated against him by treating him differently from other, nonminority employees by denying him certain transfer opportunities, by subjecting him to improper lay-off procedures...

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