COUCH v. AMERICAN BOTTLING CO.

No. 18-3648.

955 F.3d 1106 (2020)

Timothy COUCH, Plaintiff-Appellant v. AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY, doing business as Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Aim E. Brown , of Cedar Rapids, IA.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Jeannie M. DeVeney , of Kansas City, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Robert A. Sheffield , of Kansas City, MO.

Before LOKEN, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


The American Bottling Company, more commonly known as Dr. Pepper, fired Timothy Couch after giving him a negative performance review. Couch claims that Dr. Pepper retaliated against him for complaining about racial discrimination at the company. At the district court,1 summary judgment was the end...

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