BURDINE v. TEXAS DEPT. OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

No. 77-1101.

608 F.2d 563 (1979)

Joyce Ann BURDINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert L. Gill, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Roland H. Allen, Richard Scott Rafes, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before JONES, CHARLES CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

This employment discrimination case grew out of events occurring within the Texas Department of Community Affairs in late 1972 and in the spring of 1973. As with all employment discrimination cases, the facts are crucial to the outcome.

Appellant Joyce Burdine, a forty-year-old female, was hired in January 1972 by the Texas Department of Community Affairs (TDCA) as an accounting clerk in the Public Service Careers Division (PSC). She had...

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