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SMITH v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 86-3304.

675 F.Supp. 1134 (1988)

Leroy SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

January 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Barnes, Decatur, Ill., for plaintiff.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, Armstrong, Winters, Prince, Featherstun & Johnson, Decatur, Ill., for defendant.

OPINION

MILLS, District Judge:

Statute of limitations.

Applied retroactively?

No.

This action, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, is before the Court on Defendant's motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. Defendant argues that Plaintiff failed to file his action within the appropriate statute of limitations.

This ground for summary judgment presents an issue of first impression in this circuit.

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