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OATES v. DISCOVERY ZONE

No. 96-1205.

116 F.3d 1161 (1997)

Arthur OATES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DISCOVERY ZONE, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Candace Gorman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John P. Morrison (argued), Joanne L. Hyman, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Gwendolyn Young Reams, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, Carolyn L. Wheeler, Paula R. Bruner (argued), C. Gregory Stewart, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, COFFEY and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Arthur Oates, an African-American, filed suit against his former employer, Discovery Zone, alleging that his discharge from the position of Technical Support Representative at Discovery Zone was racially motivated and thus violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. and the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, as well as constituted an intentional infliction of emotional distress...

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