District Court, E.D. Michigan February 28, 1978, 5-71273 (Burroughs v. Marathon Oil Co.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KEITH, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.

Plaintiff Jimmie B. Burroughs, Jr., a Black man, brought this action alleging that Defendant Marathon Oil Company violated the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e,

et seq,

when defendant demoted him from the position of pumper to utilityman at defendant’s Detroit Refinery.