Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed suit against Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., doing business as AT & T Southwest and SBC Communications (“AT & T”), for terminating the employment of Jose Gonzalez and Glenn Owen in violation of Title VII. AT & T filed a motion for summary judgment, which the district court 1 denied. After the EEOC presented its evidence at trial, AT & T filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(a), which the district court also denied. AT & T renewed the Rule 50(a) motion at the…