Legal Opinion
Dennis L. SORIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OZINGA BROS., INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 1983No. 81-2033PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This Title YII matter comes before us on appeal from the district court’s finding after a bench trial that plaintiff Dennis Soria, a Catholic of Italian background, was not discharged from his employment as a cement truck driver with defendant Ozinga Bros., Inc., a company largely owned and managed by individuals who were of traceable Dutch ancestry or members of the Christian Reformed Church, or both, due to his differing religion or national origin. On appeal, plaintiff chiefly argues that the district court erred in its refusal to consider as decisive…
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