WOODS v. FRICTION MATERIALS, INC.

No. 93-2296.

30 F.3d 255 (1994)

Jimmie E. WOODS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. FRICTION MATERIALS, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick T. Golder, with whom Bernstein, Golder & Miller, P.A., Lynnfield, MA, was on brief, for appellant.

Samuel A. Marcosson, James R. Neely, Jr., Gwendolyn Young Reams, and Vincent J. Blackwood, Washington, DC, were on brief, for E.E.O.C., amicus curiae.

Dan T. Carter, with whom James Allan Smith, Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, GA, Richard W. Gleeson, and Gleeson & Corcoran, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Jimmie E. Woods filed a complaint charging defendant Friction Materials Inc. ("FMI") with illegal race, age, and handicap discrimination in violation of state and federal law. Woods now appeals the district court grant of summary judgment in favor of FMI. We affirm.

I.

FACTUAL FINDINGS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Woods, a 54 year-old, handicapped, African-American male, was employed between 1961 and...

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