Legal Opinion
Smith v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 2011No. 09-15428PublishedCited by 607 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
In this “reverse” discrimination case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Anthony Mitten, a white male, claims that his former employer, Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Company (“Lockheed”), 1 discriminated against him on account of his race in terminating his employment. The district court granted Lockheed summary judgment, and Mitten appealed. Our task, consequently, is to determine whether the district court misapplied the summary judgment standard to the evidence presented. Holding that it did, we vacate the…
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