Legal Opinion
Curtis Wheat v. Fifth Third Bank
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2015No. 13-4199PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
Following a workplace altercation between plaintiff Curtis Wheat and one of Wheat’s co-workers, defendant Fifth Third Bank' terminated Wheat’s employment at the financial institution. Wheat then filed this lawsuit, asserting that his termination was motivated by racial animus, in violation of both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2000e-17, and the Ohio Civil Rights Act, Ohio Rev. Stat. § 4112.02(A). After a period of discovery, the bank filed a motion for summary • judgment and, based on a report and…
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