WALLACE v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 80-3189.

654 F.2d 1042 (1981)

Jeanne McGlory WALLACE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

August 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Dwyer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, III, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

The Civil Service Commission of the City of New Orleans appeals a judgment in favor of Jeanne McGlory Wallace in a sex discrimination suit now grounded solely on 42 U.S.C., Section 1983. We reverse.

On May 16, 1977, Jeanne McGlory Wallace filed her suit against the City of New Orleans; Moon Landrieu, Mayor of the City; Clarence B. Giarrusso, Superintendent of Police; and the members of the New Orleans Civil Service Commission, an entity...

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