KOKES v. COLLEGE

No. 09-03-520 CV.

148 S.W.3d 384 (2004)

Ronald KOKES, Appellant, v. Angelina COLLEGE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Delivered September 9, 2004.

Opinion Overruling Rehearing November 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Belinda T. Saulsberry, Cooper & Cooper, Houston, for appellant.

Wade Crosnoe, Sherry L. Travers, John Sepehri, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP, Dallas, Wayne D. Haglund, Law Office of Wayne D. Haglund, PC, Lufkin, for appellee.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., BURGESS and GAULTNEY, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Ronald Kokes, a sixty-five-year-old white male, complains Angelina College discriminated against him on the basis of age, race, and sex by selecting Benetha Jackson, a thirty-five-year-old black female, as psychology instructor despite his claimed superior qualifications. After filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and being granted the right to sue, Kokes sued the College in state district court. He alleged...

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