Legal Opinion
Tortorici v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided May 23, 1979No. Civ. A. No. 73-M-236Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
McFADDEN, Chief Judge.
This cause was tried by the court, sitting without a jury. This memorandum opinion is being issued in lieu of findings of fact and conclusions of law, pursuant to Rule 52(a), Fed.R.Civ.P.
Subject matter jurisdiction exists under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq.
Plaintiff is a white female of Italian ancestry and surname. She applied for two positions with the Social Security Administration and was rejected for each. She exhausted her administrative remedies and filed this action.
Plaintiff first applied for the…
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