Legal Opinion

Willie Bea Grimes v. Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Richmond State School

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 13, 1996No. 96-20274PublishedCited by 222 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

In this Title VII race discrimination and retaliation case, Plaintiff/Appellant Willie Bea Grimes brought suit in federal district court alleging that she had been discriminated against by her employers, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and Richmond State School (“Defendants”), when she failed to receive a promotion. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants. For the following reasons, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Willie Bea Grimes (“Grimes”) is an African-American female employee at the Brazos unit of Defendant Richmond…

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