Legal Opinion
Barrett v. Whirlpool Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 23, 2009No. 08-5307PublishedCited by 326 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
Lynette Barrett, W.T. Melton, and Tre-va 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 the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. (“Title VII”), and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (“§ 1981”). The district court found that…
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