FIGURES v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

Nos. 90-3210, 90-3226 and 90-3225.

967 F.2d 357 (1992)

Bennie FIGURES, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF the CITY OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, the City of Kansas City, Kansas, C.R. Singleton, Jim Widener; Clarence DeGraeve and Joseph Dick, Defendants-Appellees, and Tom Lynch and Clifford Nesselrode, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Fields of Carson & Fields, Kansas City, Kan. (Blaise R. Plummer with him on the brief) for plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee.

Henry E. Couchman, Jr., Asst. City Atty., Kansas City, Kan., for defendants-appellees Bd. of Public Utilities of Kansas City, Kan., the City of Kansas City, Kan., C.R. Singleton, Jim Widener, Clarence DeGraeve, and Joe Dick.

Lee M. Smithyman of Smithyman & Zakoura, Overland Park, Kan., for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant Clifford Nesselrode.

Kevin E. Koch of Turner, Vader & Koch, Kansas City, Kan., for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant Tom Lynch.

Before MOORE, EBEL, Circuit Judges, and ALLEY, District Judge.


ALLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Bennie Figures, Jr., appeals from the entry of adverse judgment on his claims of intentional race discrimination. Figures asserted claims for relief pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and paragraphs 2 and 5 of the Consent Decree filed February 28, 1977 in United States v. City of Kansas City, Kansas, Case No. 76-20-C2 (D.Kan.1977...

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