Legal Opinion
James Ellison v. Ford Motor Company Woodhaven Stamping Plant and Frank Doyle
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1988No. 86-1412PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff appeals the district court’s decision granting summary judgment for defendants in this employment discrimination action. Because we believe the district court abused its discretion in ruling on defendants’ summary judgment motion without first addressing a motion to amend that had been filed by plaintiff’s newly-appointed counsel, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
I
Plaintiff, James Ellison, Jr., a black man, was first employed by defendant Ford Motor Company at Ford’s Woodhaven Stamping Plant in September of 1970. From 1970 to 1975, Ellison accumulated an extensive…
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