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BARRETT v. WHIRLPOOL CORP.

No. 08-5307.

556 F.3d 502 (2009)

Lynette BARRETT; W.T. Melton; Treva Nickens, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Eugene Julien; Larry Schuster; Diana Simmons, Plaintiffs, v. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David W. Sanford, Sanford, Wittels & Heisler, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Adam C. Wit, Littler Mendelson, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee. Elizabeth Ellen Theran, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. ON BRIEF: David W. Sanford, Sanford, Wittels & Heisler, Washington, D.C., Kevin H. Sharp, Drescher & Sharp, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Adam C. Wit, Keith C. Hult, Littler Mendelson, Chicago, Illinois, Jeffrey S. Hiller, Littler Mendelson, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. Elizabeth Ellen Theran, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before: COLE and COOK, Circuit Judges; EDMUNDS, District Judge.

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Lynette Barrett, W.T. Melton, and Treva Nickens (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), employees or former employees of Whirlpool Corporation ("Whirlpool"), appeal a grant of summary judgment in favor of Whirlpool in this race-discrimination and retaliation case. Plaintiffs allege that they were discriminated against on the basis of their friendships with and advocacy for certain African-American co-workers in violation of Title VII of...

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