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· 4/17/1980

Murrell Toby Hockenbury, III v. Dewey Sowders, Superintendent, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Respondent

Citations

  • 620 F.2d 111
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 18556

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  • holding that a union member failed to state a claim for racial discrimination by the union when he “failed to produce a scintilla of evidence that grievances of similarly situated white employees were treated differently.”
  • state court found to have relied on procedural ground despite “cursory” review of merits
  • remanding because record insufficient to decide whether there was cause

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Judges: Weick, Merritt, Kennedy

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