Legal Opinion
Taylor v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 30, 2008No. 07-31000PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Elton Taylor (“Taylor”) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”), dismissing Taylor’s claims of discriminatory and retaliatory failure to promote and discriminatory and retaliatory pay disparity. We vacate and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
Taylor worked for UPS in Louisiana from 1975 until his retirement in 2004. Prior to filing this suit on March 19, 2003, Taylor, an African-American, was a member of a class action lawsuit filed June 17, 1994, alleging race…
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