Legal Opinion
Stimpson v. City of Tuscaloosa
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 30, 1999No. 98-6142, 98-6186PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Per curiam
The City of Tuscaloosa (“the City”) and the Civil Service Board of Tuscaloosa (“the Civil Service Board”) appeal a judgment against them under Title VII for wrongful termination based on sex. They argue that the district court wrongly denied their motion for a judgment as a matter of law because the plaintiff did not introduce any evidence that the City’s alleged discrimination directly caused her termination. We agree, and therefore REVERSE. 1
I. BACKGROUND
Sandra Stimpson was employed as a police officer by the city of Tuscaloosa since 1975. Over the course of her employment, she had a…
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