Legal Opinion
Frangena A. Shannon v. Ford Motor Co., a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1996No. 95-1092PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
Fragena A. Shannon, an African-American woman, claims Ford Motor Company failed to promote her to supervisor because of her race and sex. She appeals the District Court’s 1 order granting summary judgment for Ford. The District Court held that Ms. Shannon had failed to establish a prima facie case of race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and that she had not exhausted her administrative remedies for her Title VII sex-discrimination claim. We affirm.
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In early 1985, Ms. Shannon was an “assembler” at Ford’s Twin Cities plant. Assemblers are “non-skilled”…
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