United States Seventh Circuit

In plaintiff's suit against her former employer and the company's general manager for gender and age discrimination and retaliation, summary judgment in favor of the defendants is affirmed where: 1) any argument that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to consider the transcripts of recorded conversations is frivolous; 2) plaintiff is unable to make out a prima facie case of discrimination under the McDonnell Douglas analysis, and she has failed to present any evidence calling into question the sincerity of her employer's non-discriminatory reason for terminating her; and 3) district court properly granted summary judgment to defendants on the retaliation claim as she has failed to establish the requisite causal connection between the protected activity and her retaliation because a year is too long in the absence of any other evidence tying the protected activity to the adverse action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2010
• Published 05/10/2010

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joel S. Paul, Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susan M. Zoeller, Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.