Legal Opinion
Lovelle Banks v. John Deere and Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 14, 2016No. 15-2058PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge. ’
Lovelle Banks, an African American man, sued John Deere & Company and John Deere Waterloo Works (collectively, Deere), alleging race discrimination and harassment in employment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965 (ICRA), Iowa Code § 216.1 et seq. The district court 1 granted summary judgment to Deere, finding Banks failed to produce sufficient evidence to support his claims. Banks appeals, 2 and we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Banks joined Deere in 2004 and by…
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