Legal Opinion
Sandy Diana HIRRAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION D/B/A Amtrak, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1996No. 96-50173PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Per curiam
Sandy Diana Hirras brought suit against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”), alleging a violation of Title VII and a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress. This ease is not a stranger to this court. In Hirras v. National Railroad Passenger Corp., 10 F.3d 1142 (5th Cir.), vacated, — U.S. -, 114 S.Ct. 2732, 129 L.Ed.2d 855 (1994), we affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Hirras’s intentional infliction of emotional distress claim and her Title VII claim on preemption grounds and affirmed the dismissal of her negligent infliction of emotional distress…
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