/cdklawyers.com// 12/31/2011 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a summary judgment for an employer in a race discrimination case. Vaughn v. Woodforest Bank, No. 11-60102 (5th Cir. Dec. 21, 2011), available at http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/11/11-60102-CV0.wpd.pdf. Although she received a favorable performance review, the plaintiff was fired for “unsatisfactory conduct” after the employer conducted a […]
/cdklawyers.com// 10/01/2010 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the employer in a recent Title VII and § 1981 race discrimination matter. Jackson v. Watkins, No. 09-10635 (5th Cir. Sept. 13, 2010), available at http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/09/09-10635-CV0.wpd.pdf. The plaintiff, a white man, had served in the Dallas County District Attorney’s office for sixteen years and earned […]
/cdklawyers.com// 06/04/2010 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against a plaintiff on her race discrimination claim. Riley v. Sch. Board Union Parish, No. 09-30625 (5th Cir. May 20, 2010), available at http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/09/09-30625.0.wpd.pdf. Plaintiff, an African-American certified to teach Social Studies, served as a substitute English teacher. After her employer learned that she had […]
