Plair v. E.J. Brach & Sons, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CONLON, District Judge.

John Plair sues E.J. Brach & Sons, Inc. and E.J. Brach Corp. (“Brach”) for discriminatory discharge pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (“Title VII”). Plair contends that Brach fired him after nineteen years’ employment because he is African American. Plair now moves in limine to bar Brach from introducing evidence that he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor the night before he was fired.

BACKGROUND

Plair, who is African American, was hired by Brach on July 7, 1973. During the next nineteen years,…