Beatrice WILLIAMSON, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. HANDY BUTTON MACHINE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1987-06-11

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EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. Beatrice Williamson worked for 21 years at the Handy Button Machine Co., principally as an assembly operator. She was fired in 1977 after she failed to reply to a telegram from Handy Button. The jury in this case under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., was…

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