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POLANCO v. CITY OF AUSTIN, TEX.

No. 94-50595.

78 F.3d 968 (1996)

Hector POLANCO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connie Ode, Dana K. Johnson, Asst. City Attys., Austin, TX, for appellant.

D. Phillip Adkins, Gregory K. Zaney, Austin, TX, for appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and WISDOM and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

STEWART, Circuit Judge:

In this employment discrimination action, Hector Polanco, a Mexican American police officer, alleges that he received more severe disciplinary treatment than his colleague because of his national origin. The City of Austin terminated Polanco after seventeen years with the Austin Police Department (APD), while giving his colleague only a written reprimand although the conduct which provoked disciplinary action was virtually the same for both...

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