Legal Opinion
Wilbert ESSEX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 17, 1997No. 96-2756PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
In February 1993, United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) fired Wilbert Essex from his job as a package car driver. Essex claims that the real reason behind this discharge was either race discrimination or retaliation for previous claims he had filed. Thus, he brought the instant suit alleging that UPS violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. The district court granted summary judgment to UPS on both claims and Essex appealed. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. Background
Wilbert Essex, hired as a part-time loader in 1969,…
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