Legal Opinion
Ekemezie v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 5, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17–367 (TJK)Published
1Opinion of the Court
TIMOTHY J. KELLY, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Blessing Ekemezie worked as a pharmacist for CVS Pharmacy, Inc. ("CVS") for twenty-five years, until she was fired on September 12, 2015. She claims that her firing violated federal and District of Columbia law for several reasons, including that it breached the collective bargaining agreement governing her employment and that it was the product of unlawful age- and race-based discrimination. CVS, for its part, asserts that the firing was justified by repeated instances of poor performance. Ekemezie also claims that her union, United…
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