Legal Opinion
Delores Brown v. Wesley's Quaker Maid, Inc., a Michigan Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1985No. 84-1141PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
This Title VII case requires us to analyze the role of United States magistrates in conducting hearings pursuant to references by district judges, especially in Title VII cases. Particularly in issue is the scope of review by the referring district judge of the findings of fact of a magistrate who has heard the evidence.
The defendant, Wesley’s Quaker Maid, Inc., manufactures ice cream. The plaintiff, Delores Brown, was hired to work in Wesley’s Detroit facility on November 25, 1966. She began as a “light packager,” loading ice cream onto baskets as they came off the…
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- Margaret Spaulding, and James Bush, Intervenors-Appellants v. University of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KECO INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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- Albert R. Gonzalez v. Paul N. Carlin, Postmaster General, and United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Neal W. Roland v. Perry Johnson Thomas Phillips, Dale Foltz and Bernie TolandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Haworth, Inc. v. Herman Miller, Inc.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1995
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