Legal Opinion
Roland Stalter v. Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 1999No. 98-3453PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Roland Stalter maintains he was fired by Wal-Mart because he is African-American. Wal-Mart counters that it fired him because he stole a handful of taco chips from another employee. The district court said that Stalter had no evidence that Wal-Mart’s stated reason was pretextual, and granted summary judgment to Wal-Mart. We reverse and remand.
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In October 1994, Wal-Mart hired Stalter to work as an Unloader in the Night Receiving Department in its Wausau, Wisconsin store. Stalter received a performance review in December of that year rating his work as…
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