Pinkard v. Pullman-Standard

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The four plaintiffs-appellants in this case — Louis Pinkard, Edward Lofton, Richard Holston, and Donnie Sealie — appeal from a judgment entered in favor of defendant-appellee Pullman-Standard, a division of Pullman, Inc., after a bench trial below. They present a number of issues for our review. Because no two members of this panel agree upon all of the issues, we preface the separate opinions with this summary of our positions to explain the disposition of the appeal.

All four plaintiffs, former employees of defendant, brought suit claiming defendant discharged them because of their race. In…