SMITH v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.

No. 05-3615.

523 F.3d 845 (2008)

Lee SMITH, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. White, St. Louis, MO, argued, and admitted under 8th Cir.R. 46B Governing Student Practice (D. Bruce La Pierre, Washington University School of Law, and admitted under 8th Cir.R. 46B: Sophie M. Alcorn, Theodore R. Bynum III, Matthew W. Lewis, Theresa S. Nguyen, Benjamin Norris IV, Jeffrey D. Pawlitz, and David A. Terry), for appellant.

Carolyn B. Witherspoon, Little Rock, AR, argued (Missy McJunkins Duke, Little Rock, AR; Nancy J. Bride, Memphis, TN, and Gretchen Harris, admitted under 8th Cir.R. 46B Governing Student Practice, Memphis, TN, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, GRUENDER and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Lee Smith appeals the district court's1 grant of International Paper Company's ("IP") motion for summary judgment on his claim that IP retaliated against him by terminating his employment because he complained about his supervisor's harassment. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Lee Smith, an African-American man, worked for IP from August 23, 1999, to January 6, 2003. George Boyette, a Caucasian man, began...

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