District Court, N.D. Texas April 2, 1990, Civ. A. CA3-87-2705-D (Jackson v. GTE Directories Service Corp.)

FITZWATER, District Judge:

The instant motion for partial summary judgment presents questions that pertain to the law of employment discrimination, including whether retaliatory discharge and discriminatory demotion claims are actionable under the Supreme Court’s interpretation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 in

Patterson v. McClean Credit Union,

- U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 2363, 105 L.Ed.