Legal Opinion
Blanks v. Waste Management of Arkansas, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided April 8, 1998No. LR-C-97-48PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
FORSTER, United States Magistrate Judge.
The defendant, Waste Management of Arkansas, Inc. (WMA), has filed a motion for summary judgment on the only remaining claims in this ease — plaintiffs’ employment discrimination claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981.
In their third amended complaint, plaintiffs allege that plaintiff Joe Blanks, Jr., an African-American, was employed approximately ten months by WMA and that WMA advertised the position of Operations Manager. Plaintiffs assert that Blanks responded in April of 1996 with an application for that position, but was denied an…
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