Slaughter v. City of Maplewood

MEMORANDUM

NANGLE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Ronald Slaughter, brought this action pursuant to Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He is a former employee of defendant, the City of Maplewood, and alleges that defendant engaged in race discrimination by terminating him from his employment, by affording him less favorable job assignments than white employees, by denying him the privilege of working overtime, and by tolerating insulting racial slurs on behalf of other employees.

The § 1981 and § 1983 claims were tried to a jury which found that the City had…