Legal Opinion
Thomas Woodland v. Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2002No. 01-3065PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Woodland sued his employer, Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc., alleging unlawful race and age discrimination and retaliation in violation of federal and Minnesota anti-discrimination laws. The district court 1 granted summary judgment dismissing Woodland’s claims. We review the grant of summary judgment de novo, applying the same standards as the district court. See Robinson v. Valmont Indus., 238 F.3d 1045, 1047 (8th Cir.2001). We affirm.
Woodland, an African American man with more than twenty years experience in the steel industry, was hired in February 1990 as a…
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