Legal Opinion
Crawford v. Roadway Express, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided February 26, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-1311PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STAGG, District Judge.
On September 5, 1979, at the close of a five-day trial, this court ruled that defendant Roadway Express Company (Roadway) violated the civil rights of plaintiff Kenny L. Crawford by retaliating against him for participating in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hearing in Dallas. The Dallas hearing had been called to investigate charges of racial discrimination at Roadway’s Shreveport terminal, and Crawford, a white employee, gave testimony at the hearing that tended to support the charges. Upon Crawford’s return to Shreveport, he was subjected to…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Denny Lee LONDON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Green v. New Mexico Dept.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- Ferguson v. EI duPont De Nemours and Co., Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1983
- Anderson v. State Labor & Industry Review CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
- Richardson v. Restaurant Marketing Associates, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1981
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