Legal Opinion
David Torgerson v. City of Rochester
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 21, 2010No. 09-1131PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
David Torgerson and Jami Mundell (collectively, “appellants”) challenged the City of Rochester, Minnesota’s decision not to hire them as firefighters. Torgerson and Mundell alleged that Rochester discriminated against them in violation of state and federal law. Torgerson, a Native American male, alleged discrimination on the basis of national origin. Mundell, a white female, alleged gender discrimination. Torgerson and Mundell made the claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C §§ 2000e-2000e-17 (2000), and the Minnesota Human Rights…
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