Legal Opinion

Bettye S. Gentry and Katherine D. Whitley v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 18, 2001No. 00-2850PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MELLOY, District Judge.

Bettye Gentry and Katherine Whitley brought this diversity suit against Georgia-Pacific Corporation alleging they were discriminated against on the basis of gender in violation of the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993 (“ACRA”), 'ArkCode Ann. § 16-123-107(c) et seq. The district court 2 granted partial summary judgment to the defendant and the plaintiffs appeal. 3 We affirm.

I.'

Bettye Gentry and Katherine Whitley are hourly employees in the shipping department of Georgia-Pacific’s paper mill in Ashdown, Arkansas. Gentry began working at the mill in 1980 and is currently…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. St. Mary's Honor Center v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1993

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Torgerson v. City of RochesterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  2. Michael Woods v. Daimlerchrysler CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  3. Torgerson v. City of RochesterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  4. Norman A. Ross, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Kansas City Power & Light Company, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
  5. Joyce Jacob-Mua Mee-Sook Kim Ned Klopfenstein v. Ann Veneman, Secretary of the United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002

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