Carlos A. LASSO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WOODMEN OF the WORLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Carlos Lasso, brought this Title VII action, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., against defendant Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society. Plaintiff alleged that defendant failed to promote him because of his Hispanic heritage and demoted him for the same reason. The trial court rejected both arguments, and entered judgment dismissing the cause on the merits. Plaintiff appeals.

I

The Facts

In 1971 plaintiff began working for defendant as a life insurance salesman. In his first year, plaintiff became the “number one producer” in the State of New Mexico, and he…