Evans v. The City of Houston

FURGESON, District Judge:

This is an employment discrimination case. In it, we consider the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing the Plaintiff-Appellant’s claims of racial and age discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, the ADEA, and Texas law. We also consider the role and scope of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 in racial discrimination suits against a municipality. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM in part, REVERSE in part, and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I.FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Lee Evans, a forty-eight year old African American woman, is a nurse for…