CANADA v. UNION ELEC. CO.

No. 97-1673.

135 F.3d 1211 (1997)

Lafayette CANADA, Appellant, v. UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Bates (argued), Belleville, IL, for Appellant.

John H. Quinn, III (argued), St. Louis, MO (Thomas B. Weavre and Joan Z. Cohen, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, HEANEY and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Lafayette Canada, an African-American employee of Union Electric Company, claims the company failed to promote him to the position of gardener because of his race. He appeals the order of the District Court granting summary judgment for Union Electric. The District Court held that there were no genuine issues of material fact with respect to Union Electric's legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for its failure to promote Mr. Canada...

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