Legal Opinion
Ranjit Roy v. The Austin Company and J. William Melsop
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 20, 1999No. 98-3485PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
It’s always difficult to prove discriminatory discharge claims under Title VII, but the task gets even harder when the jury learns that the plaintiff called the lead player for his firm’s most important client a “fucking bastard” during a critical meeting. Or at least that’s what Ranjit Roy discovered when a jury concluded that his behavior — not his brown skin or Bengali origin — caused The Austin Company to cut him loose. Roy now appeals the verdict, arguing that three errant evidentiary rulings hobbled his claim.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pasha Hunt-Golliday v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- John PLAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E J. BRACH & SONS, INCORPORATED and E.J. Brach Corporation, Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- United States v. David Hughes, Also Known as Jesse Ellebee, Atilano Velasquez, and Martin LeanosCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Thomas Kirschner v. Paul Broadhead, James B. Brumfield, and John Robinson, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Will Holmes v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Antonio S. Contreras v. Suncast Corporation, an Illinois Corporation, Thomas Tisbo, John Baunach, Randall Guillotte, and Michael HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Craig A. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Estate of Moreland Ex Rel. Moreland v. DieterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Bielunas v. F/V Misty Dawn, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- Teri Grayson Wollenburg v. Comtech Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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