United States Eighth Circuit

In an employment race discrimination case, district court's ruling against plaintiff is affirmed where, even assuming plaintiff has established a prima facie case, plaintiff has not offered sufficient evidence of pretext for a reasonable jury to infer that the School District's proffered rationale was pretext for discrimination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2009
• Published 08/27/2009

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip A. Hostak, argued, Washington, DC., Mark Burnette, on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• George Jay Bequette, Jr., Little Rock, AR, for appellee.