United States Eighth Circuit

In a race discrimination action, summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed where: 1) plaintiff was not required to disprove defendant's reason for firing him at the stage of the analysis where plaintiff needed to show that he met his employer's legitimate expectations; and 2) there were material factual disputes over plaintiff's attendance and availability record, and whether defendant applied its policies equally.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2010
• Published 03/02/2010

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• United States Eighth Circuit

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