Legal Opinion
Swackhammer v. Sprint/United Management Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 9, 2007No. 05-3222PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a Title VII suit brought by Dena Swackhammer against her former employer, Sprint/United Management Co. (“Sprint”), in which she alleged that the decision to terminate her employment was motivated by gender discrimination. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Sprint, holding that Swackhammer failed to satisfy her burden under the third step of the McDonnell Douglas 1 evidentiary framework to raise an inference that Sprint’s explanation for her termination was a pretext to mask intentional discrimination. We agree. Sprint…
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