Legal Opinion
Chen v. Dow Chemical Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2009No. 08-1597PublishedCited by 492 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Show Ann Chen appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant Dow Chemical in this Title VII suit. Chen alleges that Dow fired her either because of her race or to retaliate against her for engaging in activity protected by Title VII. Dow contends that it terminated Chen for poor performance. Because Chen has failed to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Dow’s explanation was a pretext for an illegal motive, we AFFIRM.
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Plaintiff Show Ann Chen is a fifty-nine year-old Asian-American immigrant from…
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