Legal Opinion
Knox v. City of Monroe
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 12, 2008No. Civil Action No. 07-606PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING
ROBERT G. JAMES, District Judge.
This is an employment discrimination action brought by Plaintiff Peggy Sue Knox (“Knox”) against her former employer, City of Monroe (“the City”), and her former supervisor, Don Hopkins (“Hopkins”). Knox alleges that she was terminated because of her race (white), in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law *506(“LEDL”), La.Rev.Stat. 23:301, et seq.1 She also asserts state law claims of negligent or intentional infliction of emotional…
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