Legal Opinion
Polanco v. City of Austin, Tex.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1996No. 94-50595PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
In this employment discrimination action, Hector Polanco, a Mexican American police officer, alleges that he received more severe disciplinary treatment than his colleague because of his national origin. The City of Austin terminated Polanco after seventeen years with the Austin Police Department (APD), while giving his colleague only a written reprimand although the conduct which provoked disciplinary action was virtually the same for both men. Polanco sued the City under Title VII (42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5) and the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983). The jury found…
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