DIXON v. COBURG DAIRY, INC.

No. 02-1266.

330 F.3d 250 (2003)

Matthew DIXON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COBURG DAIRY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Samuel Wilson Howell, IV, HOWELL & LINKOUS, L.L.C., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. J. Thomas Kilpatrick, ALSTON & BIRD, L.L.P., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Alan B. Linkous, HOWELL & LINKOUS, L.L.C., Charleston, South Carolina; Mikell R. Scarborough, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Christopher S. Enloe, ALSTON & BIRD, L.L.P., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee.

Before GREGORY, Circuit Judge, GOODWIN, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation, and MICHAEL, JR., Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge MICHAEL joined. Judge GOODWIN wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

Matthew Dixon, an employee of Coburg Dairy, Inc., was asked by his employer to remove two Confederate flag stickers from his tool box after an African-American co-worker complained. Dixon refused to remove the stickers...

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