Heller v. Ebb Auto Co.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has certified to this court three questions concerning the preclusive effect that denial of plaintiffs Oregon unemployment compensation claim, affirmed without opinion by the Oregon Court of Appeals, 80 Or App 153, 721 P2d 482 (1986), may have on a federal suit that plaintiff brought against his former employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. The questions arose in the following setting.

Defendant Ebb Auto Company dismissed plaintiff from his position as assistant sales manager after he…