Legal Opinion

Mary M. MARES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John O. MARSH, Secretary of the Army, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 10, 1985No. 85-1378PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

In resolving this appeal, we must determine whether Mary M. Mares, a grocery bagger at the main commissary at Fort Bliss, Texas, was an employee of the Army for purposes of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. In granting summary judgment to the Secretary of the Army, the district court concluded that Mares was not an Army employee. Agreeing, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Mares’s employment as a grocery bagger was terminated by Mauro Galvan, the chief bagger, following a verbal confrontation. She challenged this discharge before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. United States v. OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Rutherford Food Corp. v. McCombSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Logue v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Bartels v. BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Mrs. Billie B. McCLURE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the SALVATION ARMY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by70 opinions

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  2. Deal v. State Farm County Mut. Ins. Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  3. Harold Frankel v. Bally, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  4. Benavides v. Moore, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1993
  5. Allene Fields and Earine Daniels v. Hallsville Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990

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