MARKS v. PRATTCO, INC.

No. 79-1394. Summary Calendar.

607 F.2d 1153 (1979)

Barbara MARKS and Shirley Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PRATTCO, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Jameson, James Ray Claunch, Fort Worth, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Charles Padorr, Don Gladden, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CHARLES CLARK, GEE and HILL, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Prattco, Inc. operates a Holiday Inn in Fort Worth, Texas. Appellees Barbara Marks and Shirley Johnson are black women who were employed in the Inn's housekeeping department. On November 17, 1974, Kathy Mendoza, the newly hired head of the housekeeping department, held a staff meeting at which she fired Marks, Johnson and three other black women. The remaining four women, all of whom are white, were retained. Within 5 days,...

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