Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)

Citation: Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)
Parent Document: Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1998-12-02
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/759590/luz-gonzalez-v-lee-county-housin... ↗

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Gonzalez thus made an affirmative showing that, in the time immediately preceding Moran's decision to fire her, a serious rift was developing between Moran and Gonzalez concerning Gonzalez's refusal to comply with Moran's directives to deny housing to individuals based on race. Indeed, the record suggests that Gonzalez's refusal to follow Moran's discriminatory directives was a central cause of the problems between them. Moreover, when Gonzalez, in the context of a wide-ranging personal complaint about office conditions, stated in writing that Moran was forcing Gonzalez to discriminate,64 Moran's displeasure with Gonzalez's recalcitrance probably sharpened even further. Viewed in the light most favorable to Gonzalez, the evidence thus suggests that Gonzalez's termination represented the culmination of a long-standing and intensifying disagreement in which Moran's discriminatory directives played an important role, and that Moran fired her based in significant part on Gonzalez's resistance to Moran's discriminatory orders.

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