Legal Opinion
Gayle BULLARD Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OMI GEORGIA, INC., and Kawasaki Oshema, Individually, Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1981No. 80-7379PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Appellants brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1981 suit in district court complaining that they had been discharged because of their race and national origin. On the basis of the pleadings and affidavits the district court concluded that appellants’ action was for discrimination on the basis of national origin alone and that they had therefore failed to state a cause of action under section 1981. Because we find that it is impossible to determine from the record before us to what extent the alleged discrimination stems from appellants’ race as opposed to national origin, we hold…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Esther HAYDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Bernard E. Keiser v. Coliseum Properties, Inc., A. Don Fleck v. Auditing Services, Inc., H. G. Lortscher v. Auditing Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Jose F. Olivares v. Winston Martin, Director, San Antonio Development Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by62 opinions
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- Raphel R. ANOOYA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- A.M. Jatoi, Md v. Hurst-Euless-Bedford Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Sagana v. TenorioCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Susan A. Alizadeh, and Her Husband, Hassan H. Alizadeh v. Safeway Stores, Inc., and Local 455, United Food & Commercial Workers, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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