Legal Opinion
Karen E. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KETV TELEVISION, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1994No. 92-3178PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
In this action, Karen E. Williams, an African-American part-time production assistant for KETV Television, Inc., claims that KETV violated 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII when it filled two full-time positions with whites in 1986 and 1988. The district court1 submitted the § 1981 refusal-to-hire claims to a jury. The jury initially returned a verdict for KETV on the 1986 claim and a verdict for Williams on the 1988 claim. After the court rejected the verdict in favor of Williams as internally inconsistent, the jury returned a new verdict on that claim in favor of KETV. The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Gilbert v. City of Little RockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by30 opinions
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