Legal Opinion
Arrington v. Cobb County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 24, 1998No. 96-9114PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we determine whether material questions of fact exist with regard to plaintiff-appellant Nancy Arrington’s gender discrimination claims against defendant-ap- pellees Cobb County, Robert Hightower, and Nathan Wilson. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of appellees after finding that Arrington had failed to show that she had been discriminated against on the basis of her gender. For the reasons that follow, we REVERSE.
I. BACKGROUND
From 1984 to 1994, Arrington held the job of Assistant Fire Chief for the Cobb County Fire Department. In 1994,…
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