ROY v. AUSTIN CO.

No. 98-3485.

194 F.3d 840 (1999)

Ranjit ROY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE AUSTIN COMPANY and J. William Melsop, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Miller (argued), Woerthwein & Miller, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathryn M. Moran (argued), Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

It's always difficult to prove discriminatory discharge claims under Title VII, but the task gets even harder when the jury learns that the plaintiff called the lead player for his firm's most important client a "fucking bastard" during a critical meeting. Or at least that's what Ranjit Roy discovered when a jury concluded that his behavior—not his brown skin or Bengali origin—caused The Austin Company to cut him loose...

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