BHANDARI v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF COMMERCE

No. 85-3445.

887 F.2d 609 (1989)

Jeetendra BHANDARI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark G. Murov, Rita K. Ward, Murov & Ward, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

John T. Nockleby, Sr. Litigation Atty., MALDEF, E. Richard Larson, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund.

Dando B. Cellini, Bennet S. Koren, Susan E. Santiago, New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae Consumer Bankers and La. Bankers, etc.

James B. Irwin, Marta Alison Richards, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE, REAVLEY, POLITZ, KING, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH and DUHE, Circuit Judges.


ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

PER CURIAM:

In Bhandari v. First National Bank of Commerce, 829 F.2d 1343 (5th Cir.1987) (en banc), we held that the protections of 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 do not extend to prohibit alienage discrimination by private persons, despite the Supreme Court authority of Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U.S. 160, 96 S.Ct. 2586, 49 L.Ed.2d 415...

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