Legal Opinion

Earlene PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 9, 1987No. 86-4234PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This Title VII case involves a challenge to the promotion of a white applicant in preference to a black. The trial court found that the black applicant, Earlene Parker, had failed to meet her ultimate burden of establishing that the promotion was racially motivated. Finding Parker’s contentions on appeal unpersuasive, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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Earlene Parker was employed by the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare (MDPW) in 1977 as an eligibility worker. Two years later she was promoted to a social worker position in the agency’s Work Incentive…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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Ennis Nettles v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by25 opinions

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McLeod Alexander, Powel & Apffel, P.C. v. Fred H. QuarlesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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