Legal Opinion
Jestine ROPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 2, 1987No. 20, Docket 87-6057PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge:
Staff Sergeant Jestine Roper, a uniformed member of the United States Army Reserve, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of her complaint alleging race and sex discrimination by the Department of the Army in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16 (1982). The district court 1 granted the Army’s motion to dismiss on the ground that Title VII does not apply to uniformed members of the armed forces. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Ms. Roper initially entered the Army Reserve in 1979 as a Private First Class and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1981. In…
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