YOUNG v. LEHMAN

No. 83-1903.

748 F.2d 194 (1984)

Margaret YOUNG, Appellee, v. John LEHMAN, Secretary, Department of the Navy, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Lawrence, Jr., Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C. (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., Pamela A. Smith, Asst. Counsel, Dept. of the Navy, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant.

Joan M. Wilbon, Washington, D.C. (Wilbon, Killingham & Green, Robert Alexander, Arlington, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, SPROUSE, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

John Lehman, as Secretary of the Department of the United States Navy, appeals from the decision of the district court which held that Margaret Young was denied a promotion in one of the Navy commands on the basis of racial discrimination. The district court concluded that Young presented a prima facie case of discrimination and that the Navy's proffered non-discriminatory reasons were pretextual in that they were "unworthy of credence...

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