Legal Opinion
Gordon Vessels v. Atlanta Independent School
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 9, 2005No. 04-13729PublishedCited by 297 opinions
1Per curiam
Gordon Vessels (“Vessels”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to his employer, the Atlanta Independent School System (“AISS”), on his claims that AISS failed to promote him on the basis of his race, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 Ü.S.C. § 1988 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (2005) (“Title VII”). Vessels asserts separate claims based on two independent employment actions: (i) AISS’s decision not to promote him on an interim basis to the Coordinator of Psychological Services position; and (ii) AISS’s decision not to promote him to that same position on a permanent basis. While…
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