Legal Opinion
Burns-Toole v. Byrne
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1994No. 93-02202PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In this case we address allegations by an applicant for a dental license that she suffered religious discrimination in the course of the testing process. Because we can find no evidence upon which such allegations might properly be based, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of her claims and grant of summary judgment.
I. Background
The plaintiff/appellant, Dr. Peggy Burns-Toole, is an African-American, Seventh-Day Adventist. She is a graduate of the School of Dentistry at Meharry Medical College in Tennessee and has been licensed to practice dentistry in Illinois…
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