Legal Opinion
Otha Wheeler v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 15, 2004No. 03-1812PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Otha Wheeler, a former employee of Aventis Pharmaceuticals (“Aventis”), was terminated by the company. Wheeler sued the company claiming that she had been discriminated against because of her gender and race. Aventis responded that Wheeler’s violations of company policy justified the termination and moved for summary judgment. The district court 1 granted Aventis’s summary-judgment motion 2 and dismissed Wheeler’s claims. Wheeler appeals the denial of her race-discrimination claim. We affirm.
I. Facts
Wheeler worked for Aventis for approximately thirteen years. During the…
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