HOLLINS v. ATLANTIC CO., INC.

No. 98-3028.

188 F.3d 652 (1999)

Eunice HOLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ATLANTIC COMPANY, INC.; Swagelok Company; Crawford Fitting Company; John Doe Companies, 1-100, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Allen (argued and briefed), Blair Hodgman (briefed), Allen & Hodgman, Cleveland, Ohio, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John F. Burke III (argued and briefed), Jeffrey M. Embleton (briefed), Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: RYAN, NORRIS, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a case in which an employer's supervisors undertook to evaluate the suitability of a female employee's hairstyle and, not surprisingly, got in over their heads. Eunice Hollins, an African-American, sued her employer, and its associated companies, collectively hereinafter "Atlantic," alleging unlawful disparate treatment on the basis of race under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2000e-17, and OHIO REV...

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