McCLAIN v. WAGNER ELEC. CORP.

No. 76-1257.

550 F.2d 1115 (1977)

Theophilus McCLAIN, Appellant, v. WAGNER ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1977.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Singer, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant; Raymond Howard, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

D. J. Sullivan, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Timothy L. Stalnaker, St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

Abner W. Sibal, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Asst. Gen. Counsel, and Raj K. Gupta, Atty., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as amicus curiae.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and HEANEY and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

Theophilus McClain, a black man, brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, alleging that in 1969 he had been discharged from the employ of the defendant, Wagner Electric Corporation, on account of his race and in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. Plaintiff seeks damages and reinstatement to his former position without loss of...

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