Legal Opinion
Robert Buckhalter v. Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, Inc., Roger Thomas Kiekhofer, & Robert Friend
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 27, 1985No. 84-2559PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Robert Buckhalter, appeals the ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that his claims of race discrimination in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a) (1982), and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1982) are barred by the doctrine of res judicata. We affirm.
I
The record reveals that the defendant, Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, Inc. (“Pepsi-Cola”), hired the plaintiff, Robert Buckhalter, in September 1975, as a production line employee at its 51st Street plant in Chicago, Illinois. On June 10, 1978, Pepsi-Cola discharged…
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