Legal Opinion
James Mullen v. Princess Anne Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., a Maryland Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1988No. 87-1198PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
James Mullen appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the Princess Anne Volunteer Fire Company in his suit alleging racial discrimination in the company’s membership policies. Mullen’s principal challenge is to the district court’s exclusion of evidence that members of the company routinely used racial slurs and epithets. We agree with Mullen that the district court should have admitted evidence that racial slurs were used by those making the membership decision. See Fed.R.Evid. 403. In the specific circumstances of this case, however, the evidence supporting the…
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