Legal Opinion
McNeal v. Armour and Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided September 23, 1983PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
Appellants bring this appeal from the Jefferson Circuit Court’s Rule 12 dismissal of their suit for racial discrimination in employment. KRS Chapter 344. The suit was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under KRS 344.270. It appears that Larry McNeal and Lonnie Casey were black employees of appellee, Armour and Company. After warning from their employer for failing to meet “job standards” they were discharged from employment, a discipline which they refer to as “capital punishment.” The essence of the contention is that their fate was racially founded in that white…
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