COMBS v. PLANTATION PATTERNS

No. 95-6922.

106 F.3d 1519 (1997)

Darrell COMBS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PLANTATION PATTERNS, Meadowcraft Company, and Sam Blount Company, Inc., Defendants, Meadowcraft, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Walker May, John W. Smith, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Samuel Fisher, Ann C. Robertson, Amelia Haines Griffith, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BIRCH, BLACK and CARNES, Circuit Judges.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Meadowcraft, Inc. appeals from a judgment entered against it pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of Darrell Combs in this Title VII race discrimination case. The jury found that Meadowcraft denied Combs a supervisory position because of his race. The dispositive issue in the appeal is whether Combs produced evidence sufficient to allow a reasonable factfinder to disbelieve Meadowcraft's proffered nondiscriminatory reasons for failing to promote...

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