Blow v. City of San Antonio

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Dorothy Blow, an African-American, has been employed since 1988 as a librarian for the City of San Antonio Public Library. When she applied for a supervisory position in 1997, the library hired a white male from outside the department. Believing that the library had failed to promote her because of her race, Blow filed suit against the City of San Antonio under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The City argued that the supervisory position had already been filled by the time the hiring committee received Blow’s application. The district court concluded that…