Legal Opinion
Johnson v. DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 2, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-1136PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SPORKIN, District Judge.
In this action, brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., the plaintiff, Willie L. Johnson, alleges that his former employer, Digital Equipment Corporation (“Digital”) fired him from his sales position because of his race. Mr. Johnson is a black male. He was hired by Digital as a Senior Sales Representative in 1986 to sell Digital computer systems. Johnson was initially hired to work on the “large systems sales team” but was soon moved to a sales team which catered to the National Air…
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