United States Sixth Circuit

The fact that an employer discharged an African-American employee who engaged in a serious act of misconduct that resulted in injury to a coworker, but did not discharge white employees who engaged in the same conduct without injury to fellow employees, does not give rise to an inference of discrimination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/26/2002
• Published 02/26/2002

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN, Chief Circuit Judge;  BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge;  SARGUS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Runyan (briefed), Sachs Waldman Professional Corp., Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey Scott Rueble, Thomas M. Miller (briefed), Senior Labor Counsel, Meijer Legal Department, Grand Rapids, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.