Legal Opinion

Riley D. POUNCY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 22, 1982No. 80-1935PublishedCited by 169 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This is a discrimination case in which the employer defendant has prevailed and will now prevail again. Notwithstanding the voluminous record constructed by the parties in the district court and the extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law entered by the district judge, 1 our decision in this appeal involves little more than the straightforward application of well settled principles of employment discrimination law, chosen from our extensive writings, to a handful of subsidiary findings of fact over which there is no dispute. As a result, several issues raised…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Dothard v. RawlinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by169 opinions

  1. Wallace v. Texas Tech Univ.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  2. Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  3. Agnes E. NILSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the CITY OF MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  4. Henry W. Segar v. William French Smith, Attorney General, Henry W. Segar, Cross-Appellants v. William French Smith, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  5. Ernest L. Griffin, Cross-Appellees v. Carl Carlin, Postmaster General, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985

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