Legal Opinion
Sharon C. FOSTER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. John H. DALTON, Secretary of the Navy, Defendant, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 11, 1995No. 95-1522PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Sharon C. Foster, an African-American woman, sued the Secretary of the Navy on the ground that the Newport Naval Hospital (the Hospital) denied her a job due to her race. 1 Following a bench trial, the district court rendered judgment for the Secretary. Although the record makes it painfully clear that this episode is light years away from the Navy’s finest hour, we have no principled choice but to affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The subsidiary facts are largely undisputed. The United States Navy maintains a substantial presence in Newport, Rhode Island. In the…
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