Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Avery Dennison Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1997No. Nos. 94-4320, 95-3060PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J., joined by Martin, C.J.,
RYAN J. (pp. 863-867), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
In this retaliatory discrimination case, Plaintiffs filed motions for summary judgment, claiming inter alia that they had met their prima facie burden. Defendant, in its response, directly countered that assertion. The district court denied Plaintiffs’ motions without definitively ruling , on the prima facie question and proceeded to trial. After a four day bench trial during which testimony on all issues was received, the district court ruled that Plaintiffs had failed to establish a prima facie…
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