Legal Opinion
Thomasina Mack v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 28, 1989No. 88-1988PublishedCited by 802 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
On October 28, 1983, plaintiff-appellant Thomasina Mack, a black woman, sued her employer, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A & P), charging race and sex discrimination. The district court eventually entered summary judgment in defendant’s favor. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Although the parties heatedly dispute the fairness — or lack of same — with which Mack was treated during her employment, the facts central to our inquiry are largely uncontroverted. Plaintiff began working for A & P in 1971. Except for a brief stint in 1974 as a head cashier — a position which she…
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