Legal Opinion
Pierce v. County of Oakland
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1981No. 79-1684PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a Title VII action in which Shirley Pierce alleges that she was discharged from her employment with the Oakland County Board of Auditors on account of her race. The District Court dismissed the complaint on the ground that the statute of limitations had run, and Pierce appeals.
Pierce was discharged from her employment in May of 1970. On May 13, 1970, she filed a complaint with the Michigan Civil Rights Commission alleging that her firing was racially motivated. For a period of about five years the Commission did virtually nothing about the complaint, which Pierce withdrew in October…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Robert William Crawford v. Lt. Woodrow W. Zeitler and the Toledo, Ohio, Police Dept.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
- Laura Hayden v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- A. G. Reeves Steel Const. Co. v. WeissCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
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