Legal Opinion

Herbert NANTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the BARROWS COMPANY, Formerly Barrows Furniture Company, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 28, 1981No. 80-5106PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.

Herbert Nanty is a Native American, a full blooded Apache. He was denied a job as a furniture delivery truck driver by The Barrows Company. Nanty filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., alleging that Barrows discriminated against him in its hiring decision on the basis of race. Following a short trial, the district court, 483 F.Supp. 101, entered judgment for Barrows. BACKGROUND

The events leading up to this lawsuit are not seriously disputed. On September 23, 1975, Barrows placed an order with the Arizona Department of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  2. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Furnco Construction Corp. v. WatersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by77 opinions

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