Legal Opinion
Buck Green v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1975No. 74-1849PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MoPac) follows an absolute policy of refusing consideration for employment to any person convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic offense. Appellant-Buck Green, who is black, raises the principal question of whether this policy violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Supp. II, 1972) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1970), because this practice allegedly operates to disqualify blacks for employment at a substantially higher rate than whites and is not job related. 1
Green on his own…
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3Cited by116 opinions
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