Legal Opinion
Bernice ROBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benjamin F. BAILAR, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1980No. 78-1246PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of her sex discrimination suit against the United States Postal Service brought under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16 (1976). The suit charged that plaintiff’s superiors at the Knoxville, Tennessee, Post Office had subjected her to a pattern of sex discrimination over a four and one-half year period. After a bench trial, the District Court found in favor of the defendant. Because we believe that the Judicial Code required the District Judge to recuse himself, we vacate and remand for a new trial.
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The substance of plaintiff’s complaint is that,…
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