Legal Opinion
David Mitchel v. General Electric Company, Joe Morgan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1982No. 81-4558PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Per curiam
Mitchel filed this Title VII action against his employer, General Electric, and his supervisor, Joe Morgan, alleging employment discrimination on the basis of race. The complaint contains numerous allegations; however, this appeal is based essentially on the claim that Mitchel, a blaek, was passed over for promotion in favor of white employees with less seniority.
After thirteen months of discovery, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment which rebutted Mitchel’s allegations with specific, facts and presented detailed evidence in support of their defense that other employees were better…
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