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HARRIS-DUKES v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

No. 87-3437.

839 F.2d 1102 (1988)

Betty HARRIS-DUKES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul O. Dicharry, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Hilliard C. Fazande, Michael J. Riley, Sr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Abbott Laboratories appeals from a judgment granting actual and punitive damages against it on the ground that it intentionally discriminated against one of its black, female employees in connection with her request for a job transfer. Mrs. Harris-Dukes' action commenced on several theories and contained class allegations but, as a result of various motions to dismiss, came down by time of trial to her individual claim based on 42 United States...

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