Bertha M. RUTHERFORD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN BANK OF COMMERCE, Defendant-Appellant

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil rights case brought by Bertha Rutherford against her former employer, the American Bank of Commerce, a state banking corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as “the Bank.” After trial to the court, the trial judge entered judgment in favor of Rutherford against the Bank for violation of Section 704(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a), in the amount of $2,450 as damages, and in the additional amount of $1,000 as attorney’s fees. The Bank appeals. We affirm.

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