White v. Union Pacific Railroad

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PATRICK F. KELLY, Chief Judge.

Mr. White, an African-American and former employee of Union Pacific Railroad, brought an employment discrimination suit against his former employer claiming violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and breach of an expressed or implied employment contract. Defendant moved for dismissal or in the alternative for summary judgment claiming that the Title VII suit was not timely filed, that the § 1981 suit was barred by the Supreme Court decision of Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, 491 U.S. 164, 109 S.Ct. 2363,…