Legal Opinion
Leroy Gordon v. United Airlines, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 29, 2001No. 99-4068PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Leroy Gordon, a probationary flight attendant for United Airlines, Inc. (“United”), was released from his employment by the company on the ground that he had deviated without authority from his flight schedule when he did not fly a scheduled flight from Los Angeles to Seattle. The company decided that this violation of its policy, when considered in light of Mr. Gordon’s overall work performance, warranted no lesser sanction. Mr. Gordon then filed this action in the district court; he alleged that United discriminated against him because of his race, in violation of…
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