Court Opinion

ID: 9469619
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:45:12.060799+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:41:28.281936
License: Public Domain

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge,
dissenting from an en banc vote.
This dissenting statement is filed by reason of the failure of the court to consider this case en banc.
The panel opinion presents the strongest case possible that Alice Laborde is the victim of invidious sex discrimination.
The opinion states in clear language that men with qualifications similar to hers have been promoted to full professor positions.
Yet the opinion concludes that she is not entitled to promotion because she failed to meet the University’s standards for scholarship and research.
The logical conclusion of that analysis is that men who do not meet the standards of scholarship and research will be promoted but women will not unless they meet the standards. Title VII prohibits that type of discrimination.