Legal Opinion
Marina Cooper-Houston v. Southern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 1994No. 93-8423PublishedCited by 1,119 opinions
1Per curiam
In this employment discrimination action Marina Cooper-Houston contends that she was fired from her job at Southern Rahway because of her race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. The district court entered judgment in favor of the Southern Railway Company, 822 F.Supp. 715. We REVERSE and REMAND.
Cooper-Houston began her career at Southern Railway as a key punch operator in 1969. In 1983 she was assigned to the company’s internal police department as a special agent and worked at company headquarters *604in Atlanta. In May of 1985,…
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