ESPINOZA v. THOMA

No. 77-1954.

580 F.2d 346 (1978)

Karen M. ESPINOZA, Appellant, v. Fred THOMA, Chairman of the Board of Directors, William Ramsey, Vice-Chairman, Johnnie Hayden, Secretary-Treasurer, Donald Stern and Robert Brennan, Members of the Board of Directors, and Jerome Erdman, Executive Director, Individually and in their official capacities, Robert Lager, Manager-Employee Relations, Anthony Kidd, Personnel Supervisor, Individually and in their official capacities, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde A. Christian, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Timothy M. Kenny, Omaha, Neb., for appellees; Frederick A. Brown, Omaha, Neb., on the brief.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and BECKER, Senior District Judge.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Karen Espinoza appeals from the denial of her civil rights complaint (42 U.S.C. § 1983) charging discrimination in refusing her employment with Metro Area Transit (MAT), a corporation owned by the Transit Authority of the City of Omaha, on the basis of her sex and national origin. The district court1 found there was no evidence of race discrimination and that Ms. Espinoza was denied employment pursuant to...

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