POPE v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 90-2597.

937 F.2d 258 (1991)

Brenda POPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Kerry Notestine, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, Tex., Brian Schaffer, MCI Telecommunications Corp., Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, SMITH and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Brenda Pope, a black woman, appeals from the district court's decisions refusing to remand to state court, refusing leave to amend the pleadings a fourth time, and granting summary judgment and attorney's fees for her former employer, MCI Telecommunications Corp. in this wrongful discharge and employment discrimination action.

Because the district court had diversity jurisdiction over Pope's state law causes of...

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