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SUMNER v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 762, Docket 89-6191.

899 F.2d 203 (1990)

Clement SUMNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris H. Wheeler, New York City (Philip Ransom Schatz, Ogden N. Lewis, Vincent T. Chang, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Paula T. Dow, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Otto G. Obermaier, U.S. Atty. for S.D.N.Y., Richard W. Mark, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before OAKES, Chief Judge, and KEARSE and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Clement Sumner, who is black, worked for the United States Postal Service from January 1981 until he was fired in June 1984. In his complaint and at trial, Sumner charged that the Postal Service's decision to terminate him discriminated on the basis of race and constituted illegal retaliation for his engaging in activities protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e. The Postal Service denied...

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