Legal Opinion
Jimmy Boyd v. State Farm Insurance Companies, State Farm Insurance Companies
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1998No. 97-11396PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Jimmy Boyd appeals a summary judgment on his failure to promote claim and termination claim brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Family Medical Leave Act. Finding no error, we affirm.
I
Boyd, a black male, began employment at State Farm Insurance Company in 1990 in the Administrative Services Department. Terry Vice managed the Department. Boyd was hired by his immediate supervisor Bruce Sutton, who selected Boyd over a Caucasian applicant. Over the course of Boyd’s employment, either or both Sutton and Vice…
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