SHARP v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 97-20602.

164 F.3d 923 (1999)

Patrice SHARP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF HOUSTON; et al., Defendants, City of Houston, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Louise Butler, Margaret A. Harris, Butler & Harris, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brian Joseph Begle, John J. Hightower, Olson & Olson, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KING, SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The City of Houston appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Patrice Sharp, a former Houston Police Department ("HPD") officer, for sexual harassment and retaliation. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

I.

Sharp was one of about fourteen officers assigned to Mounted Patrol, an elite horse-mounted unit stationed several miles from downtown Houston and police headquarters. Mounted Patrol maintained...

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