Kozam v. Emerson Electric Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

This action, filed on October 9, 1987, arises out of the defendant’s allegedly discriminatory discharge of plaintiff, Makram Kozam, on October 2, 1986. This court, in an order dated May 31, 1988, dismissed plaintiff’s pendent state law claims as barred by Mississippi’s one year statute of limitations for enumerated intentional torts, Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-35; the court also dismissed plaintiff’s claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 on the same grounds. 1 The court’s order left only plaintiff’s claims of discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the…