DOUGLAS v. DYNMcDERMOTT PETROLEUM OPERATIONS CO.

No. 96-30883.

144 F.3d 364 (1998)

Kordice M. DOUGLAS, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. DYNMcDERMOTT PETROLEUM OPERATIONS COMPANY; John Poindexter, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Roma Farrugia, New Orleans, LA, for Douglas.

Michael H. Rubin, McGlinchey, Stafford & Lang, Baton Rouge, LA, Eve Barrie Masinter, E. Fredrick Preis, Jr., Anita T. Lechner, McGlinchey, Stafford & Lang, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether an in-house counsel's disclosing informally to third parties information relating to interoffice complaints of discrimination against her constitutes a breach of her professional ethical duties of confidentiality and loyalty, and if so, whether such conduct is protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We hold that...

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