Legal Opinion
Garner v. Giarrusso
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1978No. 75-2771PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
This is a case in which Garner, a former member of the New Orleans Police Department, alleges racial discrimination in the course of his employment and in his discharge from the force. More specifically, Garner contends that racial discrimination in the police department infected the transfer and assignment practices, deprived him of an opportunity to take an examination for promotion, caused him to undergo psychological re-evaluation, and resulted in his ultimate discharge in retaliation for filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity…
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