GAY v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SAN JACINTO COL.

No. 77-2488.

608 F.2d 127 (1979)

Hazel GAY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SAN JACINTO COLLEGE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley D. Baskin, Pasadena, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

David T. Lopez, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, HILL and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

In this Title VII case the evidence adequately supports the finding by the district court that the plaintiff, a black custodial employee of the defendant college, was discharged because of her race. With conflicting testimony presented to it the court accepted the testimony of plaintiff that the supervisor of custodial employees, using racial epithets, told her that she was fired.

Defendant cannot escape responsibility for the act of...

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