Bhandari v. First Nat. Bank of Commerce, 85-3445
| Decision Date | 02 November 1989 |
| Docket Number | No. 85-3445,85-3445 |
| Citation | 887 F.2d 609 |
| Parties | 55 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 226, 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,761 Jeetendra BHANDARI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, Defendant-Appellee. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Mark G. Murov, Rita K. Ward, Murov & Ward, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.
John T. Nockleby, Sr. Litigation Atty., MALDEF, E. Richard Larson, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund.
Dando B. Cellini, Bennet S. Koren, Susan E. Santiago, New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae Consumer Bankers and La. Bankers, etc.
James B. Irwin, Marta Alison Richards, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE, REAVLEY, POLITZ, KING, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH and DUHE, * Circuit Judges.
In Bhandari v. First National Bank of Commerce, 829 F.2d 1343 (5th Cir.1987) (en banc), we held that the protections of 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 do not extend to prohibit alienage discrimination by private persons, despite the Supreme Court authority of Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U.S. 160, 96 S.Ct. 2586, 49 L.Ed.2d 415 (1976) that those protections do extend to prohibit racial discrimination by such persons. On writ of certiorari, the Supreme Court has now vacated our judgment and remanded Bhandari to us "for further consideration in light of Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, 491 U.S. ----, [109 S.Ct. 2363, 105 L.Ed.2d 132] (1989)." Having done so, we conclude that Patterson does not bear on our earlier decision; and we therefore reinstate that decision.
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