United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit raising a Title VII claim alleging that plaintiff was denied an appointment to her employer's Texas Rangers Division because of her sex, summary judgment for employer is reversed where: 1) a reasonable juror could find that plaintiff suffered an adverse employment action, and thus summary judgment for defendant on the ground that she failed to make a prima facie showing of sex discrimination was error; and 2) defendant failed to produce evidence tending to show that it had a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for not appointing plaintiff to the Rangers.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/16/2007
• Published 07/17/2007

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lynn Anne Coyle (argued), Francisco X. Dominguez, John P. Mobbs, El Paso, TX, for Alvarado.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Byron Eccles (argued), Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.