Hollander v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

BLUMENFELD, District Judge.

This is a pro se action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1970) by the plaintiff, , a white student at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, who alleges that he was subjected to racial discrimination by the defendant, Sears, Roebuck & Co., as a result of its refusal to consider him for a position in the- Sears Summer Internship Program for Minority Students. The defendant has moved to dismiss the action on three distinct grounds.

The complaint alleges that on December 7, 1973 the defendant conducted reeruiting…