Deets v. Massman Construction Co.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Terry Deets, a white construction worker, appeals the grant of summary judgment for his former employers in this suit asserting racial discrimination under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Because there is a factual dispute about the basis for Deets’s layoff, we reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

This lawsuit involves Deets’s employment relationship with Massman, Traylor, Alberiei, a joint venture (“MTA”) formed in 2009 by three construction companies— Massman Construction…