Legal Opinion

Aretha M. Edwards v. National Vision, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 12, 2014No. 13-12876UnpublishedCited by 17 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

I

This is an employment discrimination case brought by Aretha Edwards against her former employer, National Vision, Inc. (“NVI”). 1 Her complaint, framed in seven counts, alleged the following. Count One, entitled “Race Discrimination and Harassment Claims” and brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 20003-3(a), and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, alleged that Edwards, who is black, was qualified to perform her job duties and for the promotion she sought, the Assistant Contact Lens Manager (“Assistant Manager”) position, and that NVI denied the promotion, filling it with a…

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