Legal Opinion
Sylvester TIPLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. E. I. duPONT deNEMOURS AND CO., Inc., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1971No. 20639_1PublishedCited by 250 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This action is based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It comes before us upon a discretionary appeal from a denial of appellant’s motion to reconsider the Court’s prior adverse ruling on a motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff-appellee, a Negro laborer who had been employed by defendant-appellant for ten years, successfully partici pated in a union election which ousted appellant’s white foreman from a position of leadership in a 95% black union. Appellee and three other black employees were subsequently discharged from employment with appellant…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by250 opinions
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