Legal Opinion
Elam v. Regions Financial Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 19, 2010No. 09-2004PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Amy Elam brought claims pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k), and the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965 (ICRA), Iowa Code § 216.1 et seq., alleging that her employer, Regions Financial Corporation, and her supervisors, Roxanne Rutherford and Carol Knopic, discriminated against her because of her pregnancy. The district court 2 granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants on all claims. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Because we are reviewing a grant of…
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