Legal Opinion
Anthony C. MATHIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN MORDEN BUICK, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 18, 1998No. 96-3482PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After 18 years as an automobile salesman for other dealers, Anthony Mathis took a salesman’s job at John Morden Buick in July 1984. Twenty-five months later, after he had been passed over three times for the post of sales manager, Mathis quit, filed a charge of race discrimination, and later sued under Title VTI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. By the parties’ consent a magistrate judge held a bench trial and entered final judgment.
Mathis and John Morden, the dealership’s owner, were the only witnesses. Mathis testified that Morden had recruited him with a promise…
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