Legal Opinion
Burns v. Gadsden State Community College
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 1990No. 89-7426PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appel-lees, Gadsden State Community College and its former President, Dr. Robert Howard, in an age and sex discrimination action brought by Gladys King Burns, plaintiff-appellant. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants discriminated against her on the basis of her age and sex in their refusal to hire her. The court below granted summary judgment, concluding that the plaintiff had failed to establish a prima facie case of either sex or age discrimination. We reverse and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
The plaintiff-appellant in this…
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