Legal Opinion
Fowler v. Blue Bell, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided December 7, 1981No. CV 76-M-0431PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
McFADDEN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff in this Title VII case alleges that he was discriminated against on the basis of race when defendant failed to hire him in 1970. He seeks also to represent a class of blacks who have applied for employment or are past or present employees of defendant at its Oneonta plant.
This complaint was filed on March 26, 1976. Summary judgment was entered in the defendant’s favor on November 30, 1976, on the grounds that the plaintiff’s unexcusable delay in bringing this lawsuit had irreparably prejudiced the defendant’s ability to defend itself. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality LeagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Buck Green v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Dollie W. HESTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Fowler v. Blue Bell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Marlon Louis FOWLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLUE BELL, INC., a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Marlon Louis FOWLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLUE BELL, INC., a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984