Legal Opinion
Beauford v. Sisters of Mercy-Province of Detroit, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1987No. Nos. 85-1477, 85-1631PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff Irvin Beauford (the plaintiff) appealed the district court’s order granting the defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the jury verdict and, in the alternative, conditionally granting their motion for a new trial in this suit alleging race discrimination brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981.
The record below focused on three alleged instances of racial discrimination. The plaintiff, a black male, was initially employed as a boiler operator in June of 1978 at the high school campus administered by the defendant Sisters of Mercy (the Sisters). In…
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