Legal Opinion
Wallace v. Texas Tech Univ.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1996No. 95-10454PublishedCited by 629 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Phillip Wallace (Wallace) appeals the summary judgment dismissal of his employment discrimination and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 suit and the denial of his motion for new trial.
Facts and Proceedings Below
Defendant-appellee James Dickey (Dickey), the head coach of the men’s basketball team at defendant-appellee Texas Tech University (Texas Tech), hired Wallace as an assistant coach for the team in a one-year contract beginning in August 1991. Wallace, an African-American, had no coaching experience prior to his work at Texas Tech, but he had played on…
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