Sandra P. WALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Senior Circuit Judge:
Sandra P. Wall, a black employee of Trust Company Bank, sued her employer, alleging that she was denied a promotion based on discrimination on account of her race, in violation of 42 U.S.C. section 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. section 2000e et seq. The district court granted partial summary judgment in favor of defendant on the section 1981 claim and entered judgment for the defendant on the Title VII claim after a bench trial. We agree that the nonpromotion of appellant Wall is not a cognizable claim under section 1981, and that the…
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