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PETERSON v. CITY OF WICHITA, KAN.

No. 89-3088.

888 F.2d 1307 (1989)

Harold PETERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Lawing, Wichita, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gary E. Rebenstorf, Asst. City Atty., Thomas R. Powell, and Ed L. Randels of the Office of the City Atty., Wichita, Kan., for defendant-appellee.

Charles A. Shanor, General Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate General Counsel, Lamont N. White, and Vincent Blackwood of the E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C. as amicus curiae.

Before McKAY, SEYMOUR and TACHA, Circuit Judges.

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Harold Peterson brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. (1982) (Title VII), alleging that the City of Wichita, Kansas, had illegally discharged him on the basis of race. The district court dismissed the suit, concluding that Peterson had failed to file a timely charge with the EEOC as required by section 2000e-5 because the only filing within the applicable time period was unverified. See Peterson v. City of...

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