Legal Opinion
Staples v. Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided May 4, 1982No. CIV-80-852EPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
ELFVIN, District Judge.
A Complaint filed September 12, 1980 by plaintiff Staples against defendant Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc. (“Avis”) alleges that Avis discriminated against plaintiff on the basis of race in both its promotion policies and its termination of plaintiff’s employment in 1975. Plaintiff further alleges that Avis, following plaintiff’s termination, neither hired nor employed black service agents in its Buffalo offices.
Plaintiff alleges violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1870, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, 42…
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