Legal Opinion
Linda L. (Shodrock) ROHDE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. K. O. STEEL CASTINGS, INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1981No. 80-1394PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Linda Shodrock Rohde maintains this suit against her former employer, defendant-appellant K. 0. Steel Castings, Inc. Rohde was discharged following an altercation with a male employee who retained his job. She alleges that this constituted impermissibly disparate treat ment of “similarly situated” employees, amounting to discrimination on account of sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.
Rohde had been employed for almost six years at the time of her discharge. She worked as the only secretary on the company’s…
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