United States Seventh Circuit

Where employee would have been terminated for repeated violations of company discipline rule on absenteeism, despite finding of protected activity under Title VII, employer sufficiently proved a mixed-motive affirmative defense to defeat Title VII claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2001
• Decided 03/16/2001
• Published 03/16/2001

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John H. Haskins (Argued), Haskin, Lauter, Cohen & Larue, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael D. Marine (Argued), Pamela V. Keller, Ice & Miller, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.