VANCE v. SOUTHERN BELL TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 90-3559.

983 F.2d 1573 (1993)

Mary Ann VANCE, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, a Georgia Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Joyce Foskey, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana G. Bradford, II, Lee S. Haramis, Baumer, Bradford & Walters, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for appellant.

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Birmingham, AL, Scott Fortune, Atlantic Beach, FL, for appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, FAY and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Mary Ann Vance won a jury verdict on her claim that Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company ("Southern Bell") violated her rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Southern Bell appeals the denial of its motions for summary judgment, directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict on Vance's section 1981 claim. We reverse.

I. Background

A. The First Trial: Vance I

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