Legal Opinion
Mildred E. FRANCIS-SOBEL, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, Everett O. Ware, Et Al., Defendants, Appellees
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 3, 1979No. 78-1507PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a district court’s dismissal of a civil rights action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We affirm.
Appellant sued the University of Maine, its trustees, and various university officials, alleging that the university discriminated against her on account of race and sex in filling a number of administrative positions in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985(3), 2000e. Appellant also sued the Boston Regional Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, appellee Everett O. Ware. Finding that appellant’s…
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