Legal Opinion
Jerry W. LEHMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 17, 1981No. 80-2180PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
The narrow issue for review in this case is whether the actions of Yellow Freight System, Inc. in refusing to hire plaintiff Jerry W. Lehman were in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The district court entered judgment for the plaintiff. We affirm.
I
Yellow Freight System, Inc. (Yellow Freight) is an interstate trucking company with national headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Yellow Freight maintains trucking terminals of various sizes throughout the mideastern portion of the United States. The focus of this case is Yellow Freight’s terminal in…
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