Legal Opinion
Brenda Pope v. MCI Telecommunications Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1991No. 90-2597PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Brenda Pope, a black woman, appeals from the district court’s decisions refusing to remand to state court, refusing leave to amend the pleadings a fourth time, and granting summary judgment and attorney’s fees for her former employer, MCI Telecommunications Corp. in this wrongful discharge and employment discrimination action.
Because the district court had diversity jurisdiction over Pope’s state law causes of action; because it was within the court’s discretion to refuse a fourth amendment on the eve of trial; because there are no genuine issues of…
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