Legal Opinion
Herman Raggs v. Mississippi Power & Light Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 3, 2002No. 00-60874PublishedCited by 206 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant, Herman Raggs (Raggs), filed suit against Defendant-Ap-pellee, Mississippi Power & Light Company (MP&L), alleging race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which arose from his 1996 layoff by MP&L and its subsequent failure to rehire him in 1999. The magistrate judge presiding over the trial granted MP&L’s Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law pursuant to Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and dismissed the case with prejudice. We AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
Raggs started…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- St. Mary's Honor Center v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Wallace v. Texas Tech Univ.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
14 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by206 opinions
- Feist v. Louisiana, Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
- Jones v. Robinson Property Group, L.P.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Sidna B. Gee v. Anthony Principi, Secretary, Department of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Roberson v. Alltel Information ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- Tanya Lyons v. Katy Independent School DistCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
201 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.