Legal Opinion
Manuel T. Fragante v. City and County of Honolulu Eileen Anderson Peter Leong Dennis Kamimura George Kuwahara Kalani McCandless
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1989No. 87-2921PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
Manuel Fragante applied for a clerk’s job with the City and County of Honolulu (Defendants). Although he placed high enough on a civil service eligible list to be chosen for the position, he was not selected because of a perceived deficiency in relevant oral communication skills caused by his “heavy Filipino accent.” Fragante brought suit, alleging that the defendants discriminated against him on the basis of his national origin, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. At the conclusion of a trial, the district court found that the oral ability to communicate…
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