Legal Opinion
Herman GONZALEZ, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1980No. 77-3170PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Herman Gonzalez appeals the dismissal of his action against the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. [Firestone] in which he alleged that it violated Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 by using an unvalidated testing system that discriminated against Spanish-sur-named employees. The district court dismissed Gonzalez’s Title VII claim for failure to file suit within ninety days of the first of two right-to-sue letters he received from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC]. Following the failure of Gonzalez’s counsel to appear at a scheduled pre-trial conference,…
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