TAYLOR v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.

No. 85-2465 Summary Calendar.

782 F.2d 525 (1986)

Carol TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper & Cooper, Gordon R. Cooper, II, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Baker, Smith & Mills, Lawrence J. McNamara, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Acting pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, ostensibly on the merits but in what we perceive to be the de facto imposition of a sanction, the district court dismissed the employment discrimination case of Carol Taylor. Concluding that the district court erred, we vacate and remand for further proceedings.

Taylor, a senior computer operator, invoked 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., and alleged that...

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