SCOTT v. TYSON FOODS, INC.

No. 89-3072.

943 F.2d 17 (1991)

Samuel W. SCOTT, Appellant, v. TYSON FOODS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela B. Honeycutt, Jonesboro, Ark., for appellant.

Joseph F. Gilker, Mountainburg, Ark., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Samuel W. Scott appeals from the district court's judgment dismissing Scott's complaint brought under the provisions of Title VII.1 We reverse and remand.

Scott, who is black, began working at Tyson Foods, Inc.'s (Tyson) Clarksville, Arkansas, chicken processing plant on April 6, 1985. In September of 1986, Scott applied for a promotion to the position of field technical advisor. Scott did not receive the...

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