TAGGART v. JEFFERSON COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT UNIT

No. 89-2429EA.

915 F.2d 396 (1990)

Doris TAGGART, Appellant, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT UNIT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris W. Thompson, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Spencer F. Robinson, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellee.

Before FAGG and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and WOODS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Doris Taggart appeals from a district court order dismissing her claim for racially discriminatory termination brought against the Jefferson County Child Support Enforcement Unit under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1988). We reverse and remand.

The district court dismissed Taggart's claim after concluding that Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, ___ U.S. ___, 109 S.Ct. 2363, 105 L.Ed.2d 132 (1989), bars discriminatory discharge claims under section...

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