SYLVESTER v. CALLON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

No. 85-4127.

781 F.2d 520 (1986)

Jessie SYLVESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALLON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders, Blackmon & Dunmore, Patricia F. Dunmore, Lillie P. Blackmon, Deborah A. McDonald, Natchez, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Derek A. Wyatt, Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, RANDALL, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Jessie Sylvester, a black male, appeals from the judgment of the magistrate1 entered in favor of Callon Energy Services, Inc.,2 in Sylvester's race discrimination action brought pursuant to Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The magistrate held that Sylvester failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the reasons articulated...

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