STALTER v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 98-3453.

195 F.3d 285 (1999)

Roland STALTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Kennelly (argued), Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William J. Holloway (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, ROVNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Roland Stalter maintains he was fired by Wal-Mart because he is African-American. Wal-Mart counters that it fired him because he stole a handful of taco chips from another employee. The district court said that Stalter had no evidence that Wal-Mart's stated reason was pretextual, and granted summary judgment to Wal-Mart. We reverse and remand.

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