Legal Opinion
Claude E. LONG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1974No. 73-1993PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
Ford Motor Company appeals from a judgment awarding Claude E. Long $10,949 on his claim that his discharge from Ford was racially discriminatory in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We reverse and remand for further consideration.
Claude Long, a black college graduate and former Department of Labor compliance officer, sought employment with Ford Motor Company, hoping to get into industrial management in the field of labor relations. On July 19, 1967, Long was hired as a production line foreman. After nearly two years on this job, during…
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