Legal Opinion
Jones v. Frank
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1992No. 91-1839PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Faye Jones appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Postal Service (USPS) and Postmaster General Anthony Frank on her Title VII claim that sex discrimination was at the root of her discharge for submitting a false employment application. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16. She argues that there is a genuine issue of material fact precluding summary judgment because USPS reinstated three comparable male employees who had been discharged for similar misconduct. We affirm.
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The material facts in this case are undisputed. Jones, a black…
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