DONAIRE v. NME HOSP., INC.

Nos. 92-2653, 92-2845.

27 F.3d 507 (1994)

Ernesto G. DONAIRE, M.D. and Ernesto G. Donaire, M.D., P.A., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NME HOSPITAL, INC., d/b/a Seven Rivers Community Hospital; Michael Heindel; Donald Heindel, M.D., Defendants-Appellees. Ernesto G. DONAIRE, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NME HOSPITAL, INC., d/b/a Seven Rivers Community Hospital, Michael Heindel, Donald Heindel, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Austin, Jr., Carla R. Pepperman, Austin & Pepperman, Leesburg, FL, Hal K. Litchford, Litchford, Christopher & Ruta, Orlando, FL, for appellants in 92-2653.

Jonathan L. Diesenhaus, Patrick M. Sheller, Richard A. Feinstein, McKenna & Cuneo, Washington, DC, C. Gary Williams, Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, FL, for appellees in 92-2653.

Karen M. Moran, EEOC, OGC/Appellate Services, Washington, DC, amicus for EEOC.

Terry E. Allbritton, Appellate Advocacy Program, Kenneth J. Servay, New Orleans, LA, amicus for ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc.

William Tamayo, Asian Law Caucus, Inc., San Francisco, CA, for amicus.

Layton Ernest Olson, Chicago, IL, for American College of Int'l Physicians Inc. & Liberty for Am. Minority Physicians Inc.

Patrick M. Sheller, Richard Feinstein, Jonathan L. Diesenhaus, McKenna & Cuneo, Washington, DC, for appellants in 92-2845.

Robert E. Austin, Jr., Leesburg, FL, for appellee in 92-2845.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, DUBINA, Circuit Judge, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

In this case which asserts employment discrimination based upon plaintiff's Philippine birth and ancestry, we affirm the summary judgment for the defendants. In doing so, we reject the notion of the district court that Filipinos are not a protected class, but accept the alternative decision that the record does not show that defendants discriminated against plaintiff because of his race.

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