Barbour v. Merrill
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
A jury awarded plaintiff Martin Barbour compensatory and punitive damages after finding that defendants Medlantic Management Corporation and Mark Merrill had violated his rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Supp. V 1993) by refusing to hire him as Medlantic’s Director of Corporate Materials Management because he is African-American. On the basis of the jury verdict the district court awarded Barbour back pay. Merrill and Medlantic appeal the district court’s denial of their post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law. Barbour cross-appeals the district court’s…
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