United States Tenth Circuit

An employee's 42 U.S.C. section 1981 and retaliatory activity claims are not actionable where 1) no proof gave rise to an inference of unlawful discrimination, and 2) proximity between filing of complaint and the employment consequence do not permit an inference of causation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/30/2002
• Published 07/30/2002

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Judge, BALDOCK, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan V. Johnson (Stephen D. Lanterman with him on the briefs) of Sloan, Listrom, Eisenbarth, Sloan & Glassman, L.L.C., Topeka, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David R. Cooper of Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, L.L.P., Topeka, Kansas, for Defendant-Appellee.