Anderson v. Sheppard

Madison Anderson appeals from an order of a directed verdict entered against him at the close of all the evidence in his 42 U.S.C. § 1981 race discrimination suit against the Ford Motor Company. Anderson argued that his discharged from the position of Waste Treatment Operator at Ford in September 1981 was in retaliation for his filing a race discrimination complaint against Ford with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1976. At the close of Fords proofs, the district court found for Ford on Andersons 42 U.S.C. § 2000e claim and directed a verdict for Ford on the 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claim. Anderson appealed the directed verdict.