Legal Opinion
Esther HAYDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 22, 1979No. 77-1419PublishedCited by 278 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
Ms. Esther Hayden appeals the order of the District Court granting summary judgment in an employment discrimination suit against the First National Bank of Mount Pleasant, Texas (the Bank). Because we find that the District Court erred in deciding the merits of the case on a motion for summary judgment, we reverse and remand the case for proper disposition.
In July of 1974 Esther Hayden, a black female with a diploma from Tyler Commercial College, applied for a secretarial position at the Bank. She was hired and started to work on July 15 in the bookkeeping department.…
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