JEFFERSON v. SEWON AMERICA, INC.

No. 17-11802.

891 F.3d 911 (2018)

Jerberee JEFFERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sewon America, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 1, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda A. Farahany, Adeash Amarnauth Lakraj, Barrett & Farahany, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Lisa Catherine Lambert, Law Office of Lisa C. Lambert, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jon M. Gumbel, Burr & Forman, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Christine Back, Anne Noel Occhialino, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel-Appellate Services, WASHINGTON, DC, Philip Matthew Kovnat, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Appellate Services, for Amicus Curiae U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

Suja A. Thomas, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL, for Amicus Curiae SUJA A. THOMAS.

David I. Schoen, David I. Schoen, Attorney at Law, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus Curiae LAW AND RELIGION PRACTITIONERS.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges, and CORRIGAN, District Judge.


This appeal presents the question whether the district court erred when it granted summary judgment in favor of Sewon America, Inc., and against Jerberee Jefferson's complaint of employment discrimination on the basis of race and national origin and of retaliatory termination, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.;...

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