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RICHARDSON v. HOTEL CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Civ. A. No. 70-826.

332 F.Supp. 519 (1971)

Edward RICHARDSON, Plaintiff, v. HOTEL CORPORATION OF AMERICA et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

September 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendall L. Vick, John B. Wilkinson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

David Andrew Lang, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

The issue in this case is whether a hotel may lawfully discharge a bellman because, previous to his employment by the hotel, he had been convicted of theft and of receiving stolen goods. The argument that raises the issue is based on the thesis that it can be shown that more black persons than white have been convicted of serious crimes, and hence that the discharge of persons based solely on their criminal record is inherently discriminatory...

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