Legal Opinion
Stephanie A. Massey v. Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 6, 2000No. 99-3504PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Stephanie Massey was fired by Blue Cross-Blue Shield. Believing that this was the result of racial discrimination in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, she brought this suit in federal court. A jury agreed with her, but the district court judge granted Blue Cross’s post-verdict motion for judgment as a matter of law. Massey now appeals, and, for the reasons stated below, we affirm.
Massey is an African-American woman who worked for Blue Cross’s Direct Markets Division. For the first few years of her employment there, she…
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