Legal Opinion
William F. BELL, Appellant, v. William F. BOLGER, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1983No. 82-1417PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
William F. Bell, a security police officer for the Postal Inspection Service, commenced this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, alleging that he had been denied a promotion by the United States Postal Service because of his race and his age. Bell is a black male. He was forty-three years old when he applied for the position of Labor Relations Assistant, along with forty other applicants. Bell was one of the seven applicants interviewed for the job by a review committee, but he was not among the three persons recommended by…
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