United States Eighth Circuit

Failure to meet an employer's request to provide a doctor's note for a health-related departure from work, which results in an employee's discharge, is not sufficient to support a claim of unlawful termination based upon race, religion and/or national origin, under Title VII.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/28/2001
• Published 12/28/2001

Judges

• STAHL, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, BOWMAN, and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert S. Sanderson,Holtkamp & Liese, St. Louis, MO, Nazia Habib, St. Ann, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert James Golterman, John Joseph Moellering, Kristine K. Kraft, Neal F. Perryman, Lewis & Rice, for Defendant-Appellee.