Legal Opinion
Boyce A. Smith, A/K/A Woody Smith v. Leggett Wire Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2000No. 98-6414PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSuhrheinrich, J., joined by Siler, J.,
MARTIN, C.J. (pp. 763-67), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Adcom Wire Company and Leggett & Platt, Inc., appeal an order awarding Plaintiff Boyce A. Smith $100,-000, plus attorney’s fees and costs, for wrongful termination of employment based on a jury’s finding of racial discrimination. Defendants claim that the district court erred in denying their post-verdict motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) because there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding that race was a substantially…
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