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HICKS v. BROWN GROUP, INC.

Nos. 88-2769, 88-2817.

982 F.2d 295 (1992)

Kenneth G. HICKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BROWN GROUP, INC., d/b/a Brown Shoe Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Hanna and Fred A. Ricks, Jr., St. Louis, MO, argued, for defendant-appellant.

Michael J. Hoare and John D. Lynn, St. Louis, MO, argued, for plaintiff-appellee.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge, with whom RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL, BEAM, HANSEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, join.

Kenneth G. Hicks lost his job in 1982 when Brown Group, Inc., reduced the supervisory staff at its Benton, Missouri, terminal. Hicks, a white male then 51 years old, sued and a jury found that he was terminated because of his race in willful violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. He was awarded $1.00 in actual damages, $10,000 in punitive damages, and his costs and attorneys' fees. Brown Group appealed and a panel of this court affirmed...

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