United States Sixth Circuit

In a civil rights suit brought by a white police officer against the city of Memphis, summary judgment for the city is affirmed where: 1) the implied cause of action contained in 42 U.S.C. section 1981 does not provide for municipal liability; 2) summary judgment was proper on a section 1983 disparate treatment claim; 3) for purposes of a hostile environment claim, no reasonable jury could find that plaintiff was harassed because of his race; and 4) there was no competent evidence of retaliation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2008
• Published 03/20/2008

Judges

• Before:  SILER, CLAY, and COOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Amber Isom-Thompson, Kiesewetter, Wise, Kaplan & Prather, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  James Edward King, Jr., Eskins King, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Amber Isom-Thompson, Robert D. Meyers, Kiesewetter, Wise, Kaplan & Prather, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.