United States Eighth Circuit

In a Title VII suit against employer for alleged employment retaliation, summary judgment for employer is affirmed where the employee failed to present sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude that he engaged in protected conduct when he complained to employer's human resources manager that his supervisor was yelling and cursing at him.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/04/2008
• Published 04/04/2008

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, GRUENDER and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elizabeth A. White, St. Louis, MO, argued, and admitted under 8th Cir.R. 46B Governing Student Practice (D. Bruce La Pierre, Washington University School of Law, and admitted under 8th Cir.R. 46B: Sophie M. Alcorn, Theodore R. Bynum III, Matthew W. Lewis, Theresa S. Nguyen, Benjamin Norris IV, Jeffrey D. Pawlitz, and David A. Terry), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carolyn B. Witherspoon, Little Rock, AR, argued (Missy McJunkins Duke, Little Rock, AR; Nancy J. Bride, Memphis, TN, and Gretchen Harris, admitted under 8th Cir.R. 46B Governing Student Practice, Memphis, TN, on the brief), for appellee.