United States Sixth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed as to plaintiff's claims of national origin discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The temporal proximity between plaintiff's protected action and his discharge constitutes indirect evidence of a causal connection so as to create an inference of retaliatory motive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2004
• Published 02/20/2004

Judges

• Before: KENNEDY, MARTIN, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David A. Van Gaasbeek (argued and briefed), North Canton, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathleen L. Midian (argued and briefed), Asst. U.S. Attorney, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee.