BLOW v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEX.

No. 99-50856.

236 F.3d 293 (2001)

Dorothy BLOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J.G. Amsberry (argued), San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jacqueline Marie Stroh (argued), Wallace Bernard Jefferson, Crofts, Callaway & Jefferson, Mark Kosanovich, Deborah Lynne Klein, Asst. City Atty. of San Antonio, Litigation Div., Paula R. Dlugosz, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Dorothy Blow, an African-American, has been employed since 1988 as a librarian for the City of San Antonio Public Library. When she applied for a supervisory position in 1997, the library hired a white male from outside the department. Believing that the library had failed to promote her because of her race, Blow filed suit against the City of San Antonio under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The City argued that the supervisory...

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