Legal Opinion
Smith v. American Service Co. of Atlanta, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided September 7, 1984No. Civ. A. C82-428APublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HORACE T. WARD, District Judge.
This is a race discrimination action founded on 42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq. (Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act) and on 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiff alleges that she was an applicant for the position of receptionist at the defendant’s Weems Road facility in Tucker, Georgia. She claims that her non-selection was the result of racial discrimination.
Plaintiff advances two theories of recovery. First, plaintiff claims that her non-selection was the result of the use of a discriminatory selection device which, although neutral on its face, has an…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- 41 Fair empl.prac.cas. 802, 41 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 36,483 Velma Smith, Cross-Appellant v. American Service Company of Atlanta, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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