Legal Opinion
Butler v. Alabama Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 2008No. 07-13358PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Alvarene Butler is black and Karen Stacey is white. They both worked for the Alabama Department of Transportation. One work day in January of 2005 they were going to lunch together. Stacey was driving a pickup truck, and Butler was the only passenger.
On the way to lunch, the truck collided with another vehicle, which was driven by a black male. After the collision, Stacey turned to Butler and asked: “Did you see that? Did you see that stupid mother fucking nigger hit me?” A few minutes later, when the driver of the other vehicle was attempting to re-route traffic around…
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