Legal Opinion
Hector GARCIA, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alton v. W. GLOOR Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1980No. 77-2358PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Invoking Title VII, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 [EEO Act], Hector Garcia, a native-born American of Mexican descent, challenges as discriminatory his employer’s rule that prohibits employees engaged in sales work from speaking Spanish on the job. We find that the “speak-only-English” rule, as it was applied by Mr. Garcia’s employer, does not discriminate on the basis of national origin. We therefore affirm the district court’s judgment that Mr. Garcia’s discharge for violating the rule was not unlawful, and, because the group of…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
- 22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 819, 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,831 James E. Crawford v. Western Electric Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Hector GARCIA, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alton v. W. GLOOR Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Whiting v. Jackson State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- 30 Fair empl.prac.cas. 624, 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,176 Mary Delia Russaw Hardin v. Leroy N. Stynchcomb, 1 Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Karen D. Peters, Cross-Appellants v. The City of Shreveport, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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