Legal Opinion
Noris Rogers v. Pearland Indep School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2016No. 14-41115PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Circuit Judge:
After twice applying, and being rejected, for employment as a master electrician with the Pearland Independent School District (the School District), Noris Rogers brought suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 claiming discrimination on the basis of race. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the School District based on Rogers’s failure to set forth a prima facie case of discrimination under either the disparate impact theory or the disparate treatment theory of discrimination. We affirm.
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Rogers, an African-American male, applied for…
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