Legal Opinion
Mary Harville v. City of Houston, Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2019No. 18-60117PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge.
*407 Mary Paula Harville appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment on her race discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 . Harville was terminated from her position as deputy clerk with the City of Houston, Mississippi in 2015 as part of a group of layoffs designed to offset the City's budget shortfall. Because Harville fails to present a genuine issue of material fact that her race was a motivating factor in her termination or that there was a causal connection between her EEOC complaint and that termination, we…
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