Legal Opinion
Greg Burley v. National Passenger Rail Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 18, 2015No. 14-7051PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PILLARD, Circuit Judge:
Gregory Burley, an African-American train engineer, claims that his employer, the National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), discriminated against him because of his race in violation of Title VII and the District of Columbia Human Rights Act. After the engine Burley was driving passed a stop signal at the rail yard and was forced off the rails by a safety derailer, Amtrak fired him and suspended his engineer certificate. The district court granted Amtrak’s motion for summary judgment. Burley contends that was error because Amtrak’s entire investigation of the…
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