BROWN v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

No. 73-1307.

487 F.2d 910 (1973)

Gerald J. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Brown, pro se.

William Waller, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee; Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Nashville, Tenn., of counsel.

Before WEICK, McCREE, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

We consider an appeal from a judgment for appellee in an action charging it with racial discrimination in its hiring practices in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.

The complaint alleged that appellant, a Negro, read appellee's newspaper advertisement for appliance technicians in Nashville, Tennessee, and, on August 27, 1967, despite the advice in the advertisement to apply for a position by telephone or letter...

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