SHERMAN v. BURKE CONTRACTING, INC.

No. 88-8382.

891 F.2d 1527 (1990)

Willie Lewis SHERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BURKE CONTRACTING, INC., and William E. Burke, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. McNeill Holloway, III, Thomson, Ga., E. Ray Stanford, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

John P. Batson, Jacque D. Hawk, Hawk, Hawk, & Lyons, Augusta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

I.

Willie Lewis Sherman brought this suit against his former employer, Burke Contracting, Inc., and its president and principal owner, William Burke, (collectively Burke) seeking recovery for two acts of racial discrimination. Sherman's complaint contained five counts alleging violations of federal civil rights statutes and Georgia tort law.1 All of the counts were based...

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