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HISHON v. KING & SPALDING

No. 80-9021.

678 F.2d 1022 (1982)

Elizabeth Anderson HISHON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KING & SPALDING, a Partnership, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmet J. Bondurant, II, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Judy Trent Ellis, E. E. O. C., Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Lokey & Bowden, Hamilton Lokey, Gerald F. Handley, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and FAY, Circuit Judges, and YOUNG, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 9, 1982.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

A voluntary association of two or more persons established for the purpose of engaging in a common enterprise has traditionally been known as a partnership. It is from within this framework this Court now confronts a novel question of jurisdiction under Title VII. Elizabeth Anderson Hishon filed a Title VII action against King & Spalding, a law firm, alleging that it discriminated...

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