NEWMAN v. FEDERAL EXP. CORP.

No. 99-6412.

266 F.3d 401 (2001)

Robert NEWMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark A. Allen (briefed), Allen, Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, Memphis, TN, Florence M. Johnson (argued and briefed), Memphis, Tennessee, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dwayne S. Byrd (argued), FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Stephen R. Cochell (briefed), Elaine K. Sanders (briefed), Federal Exp. Corp., Memphis, Tennessee, for Defendant-Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Florence M. Johnson, Memphis, Tennessee, Mark A. Allen, ALLEN, GODWIN, MORRIS, LAURENZI & BLOOMFIELD, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Stephen R. Cochell, Elaine K. Sanders, FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; NELSON, Circuit Judge; RICE, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Chief Judge.

Robert Newman appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Federal Express on his claim of race-based employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and state law. Newman also appeals the district court's denial of his motion to re-open discovery. Federal Express subsequently moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that Newman's notice of appeal failed to satisfy...

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