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SERAPION v. MARTINEZ

No. 96-2251.

119 F.3d 982 (1997)

Margarita SERAPION, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Fred H. MARTINEZ, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Berkan, San Juan, PR, with whom Mary Jo Mendez and Rosalinda Pesquera were on brief, for appellant.

Graciela J. Belaval, Hato Rey, PR, with whom Alvaro R. Calderon, Jr. and Martínez, Odell & Calabria were on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to explore a gray area in the emerging jurisprudence of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (1994). Having completed that task, we conclude that while Title VII's employment-related shelter might in certain circumstances extend to a person who is a partner in a law firm, plaintiff-appellant Margarita Serapión, a partner in the now-disbanded law firm of Martínez, Odell, Calabria & Sierra (the...

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