Legal Opinion
Roach v. Dresser Industrial Valve & Instrument Division
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided July 17, 1980No. Civ. A. 780157PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:
Invoking Title VII, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, Calvin Roach, a native born American of Acadian descent, challenges as discriminatory his employment termination with Dresser Industries. He alleges that his employment was terminated on March 31, 1977, because of his national origin and his association with co-employees of the same national origin (Acadians, or “Cajuns”).
The key provision of Title VII is Section 703(a) of the Act, which provides that:
“It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer—(1) to fail or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
3Cited by22 opinions
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- Pejic v. Hughes Helicopters, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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