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MULLEN v. PRINCESS ANNE VOLUNTEER FIRE CO., INC.

No. 87-1198.

853 F.2d 1130 (1988)

James MULLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRINCESS ANNE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC., a Maryland Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Brandon Bayer (Susan Goering, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, C. Christopher Brown, Brown & Goldstein, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

James J. Doyle, Jr. (Mary R. Craig, Doyle & Langhoff, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before POWELL, Associate Justice (Retired), United States Supreme Court, sitting by designation, WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

James Mullen appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the Princess Anne Volunteer Fire Company in his suit alleging racial discrimination in the company's membership policies. Mullen's principal challenge is to the district court's exclusion of evidence that members of the company routinely used racial slurs and epithets. We agree with Mullen that the district court should have admitted evidence that racial slurs were used by those making...

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