Legal Opinion
Sewell v. Jefferson County Fiscal Court
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1988No. Nos. 87-5254, 87-5658PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff-appellant in this ease, Linda Sewell (plaintiff or Sewell), a white female, has appealed from the entry of final judgment in favor of the defendants-appellees (defendants)1 after a bench trial. Sewell had alleged racial and sexual discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981 and 1983; and that she had been deprived of a property interest in her position as a sergeant of the Corrections Department without due process of law in violation of § 1983.
Sewell was a corrections officer…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Ronald Newsom Hasan Sharif Eddie J. McMillan and Donald Wolverton v. Steve Norris, Commissioner Michael Dutton, Warden and David HindmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Transmatic, Inc., Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Gulton Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
- Dill v. City of EdmondCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Duane Moody v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Williams v. KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
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