United States Fourth Circuit

Where plaintiff could not be defendant's employee without first obtaining FDIC approval due to her criminal convictions, and she signed a contract for legal services showing her independent contractor status, she could not sue defendant for Title VII claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2001
• Decided 08/06/2001
• Published 08/06/2001

Judges

• Before WIDENER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and REBECCA BEACH SMITH, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Nancy Pulliam Quinn, The Quinn Law Firm, Greensboro, NC, for Appellant. Mack Sperling, BROOKS, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Greensboro, NC, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  James P. Hutcherson, Vice President and, Legal Department, Wachovia Bank of North Carolina, N.A., Winston-Salem, NC, for Appellee.