CHANEY v. SOUTHERN RY. CO.

No. 87-7436.

847 F.2d 718 (1988)

Willie F. CHANEY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Ann K. Norton, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, HENDERSON and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Willie F. Chaney was dismissed from employment by Southern Railway Company after a urinalysis indicated that he had used marijuana. Chaney brought this Title VII action claiming that he was discharged on the basis of his race, alleging theories of disparate impact and disparate treatment. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence, the district court granted the defendant's Rule 41(b) motion,1 entering judgment...

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