Legal Opinion

Portia Bass v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company, Portia Bass v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company, Portia Bass v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided March 26, 2003No. 02-1129, 02-1456, 02-1989PublishedCited by 789 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed in part and vacated in part by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINS and Judge GREGORY joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

For several years, Portia Bass was an employee of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (“DuPont”). Trouble began when DuPont decided to reassign Bass, changing her duties. From that point on, the relationship between employer and employee deteriorated until DuPont finally decided to terminate Bass. Before her termination, Bass filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). After her termination,…

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