Read SELLERS v. MINETA, 02-1425

In a Title VII case, a discharged employee's post-termination conduct is relevant in determining whether a front pay award is available and in determining the extent of any award. Employer bears the burden of proving that plaintiff's post-termination conduct precluded re-employment; remanded for further proceedings on this issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/24/2004
• Published 02/24/2004

Judges

• HANSEN, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, HANSEN and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles W. Scarborough, argued, Washington, DC, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory A. Rich, argued, St. Louis, MO (Jerome J. Dobson, on the brief), for appellee.