CHAIFFETZ v. ROBERTSON RESEARCH HOLDING, LTD.

No. 85-2533.

798 F.2d 731 (1986)

Michael S. CHAIFFETZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROBERTSON RESEARCH HOLDING, LTD. and Robertson Research (U.S.), Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Harris, Stuart M. Nelkin, Carol Nelkin, Houston, Tex., for Michael S. Chaiffetz.

Norman Riedmueller, Houston, Tex., for Robertson Research Holding.

Stanley J. Krist, Houston, Tex., for Robertson Research, Inc.

Before GEE, RANDALL and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

In this action, Michael Chaiffetz contends that the appellees dismissed him from employment solely because he was an American; this dismissal, he continues, violates both Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The district court disagreed, providing a variety of reasons why these provisions are not implicated here. We hold that the district court erroneously found a legitimate, non-discrimatory reason for Chaiffetz's dismissal and that its findings...

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