Mumphrey v. James River Paper Co., Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, District Judge.

In July, 1989, the James River Paper Company placed one of its black women employees, Pamela Mumphrey, on a year’s probation. During that year, Ms. Mum-phrey alleges, her supervisor continually harassed her, sexually and otherwise, and treated her differently from whites and men. In July, 1990, just before the year expired, the company fired her, citing as its reason her alleged repeated violations of work rules.

Ms. Mumphrey filed a charge of race discrimination under Title VII with the EEOC in September, 1990. In December, 1990, the…