Kincade v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

MEMORANDUM

JOHN T. NIXON, District Judge.

This is an action brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. At the time the complaint in this matter was filed, the original named plaintiffs fell into the following categories. Plaintiffs Joseph Johnson, Bobby W. Ivy, Emily Henry, and Alice Gail Cook were unsuccessful black applicants for employment at defendant Firestone Tire and Rubber Company’s (“Firestone”) LaVergne, Tennessee, manufacturing plant. Plaintiffs James O’Dell Hunter and Mary Louise Pope (Fite) were current black employees…