Deborah D. Skinner v. Maritz, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 00-2569 ___________ Deborah Denise Skinner, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Missouri. Maritz, Inc., * * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: February 12, 2001 Filed: June 12, 2001 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, BOWMAN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________ BOWMAN, Circuit Judge. Deborah Skinner, an African-American woman, was an at-will employee of Maritz, Inc., for nineteen years. In 1997, Maritz terminated Skinner's employment for…