United States Eighth Circuit

Evidence at trial supporting termination, and dearth of evidence supporting the presence of an unlawful motive for terminating an employee, demonstrated that district court properly refused to submit a "cat's paw" rule jury instruction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2003
• Published 01/09/2003

Judges

• HANSEN, Circuit Judge., Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, RILEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lucian Ramseur Gillham, argued, Little Rock, AR (Luther Oneal Sutter, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Fuqua, argued, Little Rock, AR (Matthew McCoy, on the brief), for appellee.