Legal Opinion
Constance Chaix INDEST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FREEMAN DECORATING, INC. and Larry Arnaudet, Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1999No. 96-30212PublishedCited by 245 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Constance Chaix Indest sued Freeman Decorating, Inc. and its Vice President of Sales and Administration Larry Arnaudet alleging that she had been sexually harassed in violation of Title VII. The district court granted Arnaudet’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim against him under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Later, the district court granted Freeman’s motion for judgment as a matter of law. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). Indest appeals both of these decisions.
As to Arnaudet, the law affords Indest no Title VII claim against a company employee. The more…
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