David HICKMAN, Appellant, v. ELECTRONIC KEYBOARDING, INC., Appellee

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

David Hickman brought this suit against Electronic Keyboarding for race discrimination under Title YII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The District Court 1 granted summary judgment in favor of Electronic Keyboarding, holding that the action was barred by res judicata. Hickman contends on appeal that he was neither a party nor in privity with a party in prior proceedings before the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR or the Commission) and the state courts. These proceedings ended with a determination that defendant had not…