Georgia Patsy, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Florida International University, Board of Regents of Thestate of Florida, a Body Corporate, for and Onbehalf of Florida Internationaluniversity, Defendant-appellee, 693 F.2d 558 (5th Cir. 1982)
Annotate this CaseDenis Dean, Sr., Dean & Hartman, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.
Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, John W. Kozyak, Miami, Fla., Mitchell D. Franks, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Bruce A. Minnick, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendant-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr., Judge.
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, BROWN, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.
ORDER:
The district court judgment, 612 F.2d 946, in this case was vacated and remanded by this Court in Patsy v. Florida International University, 634 F.2d 900 (5th Cir. 1981) (en banc). The judgment of this Court has now been reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States. Patsy v. Florida Board of Regents, --- U.S. ---, 102 S. Ct. 2557, 73 L. Ed. 2d 172 (1982).
WHEREUPON, IT IS ORDERED, that the judgment of the district court is REVERSED, and this cause is REMANDED to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida for further proceedings, in conformity with the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitioner, Georgia Patsy, recover from respondent her costs on this appeal.
Former Fifth Circuit case, Section 9(1) of Public Law 96-452--October 14, 1980
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