Legal Opinion
Hazel H. ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1987No. 86-3156PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge:
The plaintiff-appellant, Hazel H. Robinson, brought this individual employment discrimination action against the defendant-appellee, Montgomery Ward and Company, Inc. Robinson alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 arising from the company’s decision to promote a white female instead of the plaintiff, a black female, to the position of dispatcher.
The Honorable Robert D. Potter, C.J., heard Robinson’s Title VII claims; a jury heard the Section 1981 claims. At the close of the…
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