Legal Opinion
James MOSCHETTI, Appellant, v. CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1997No. 96-3792PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
James Moschetti sued his former employer, Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Co. (CCP), for retaliatory dismissal in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1997), and the Iowa Human Rights Act, Iowa Code § 216, et seq. (1997), for his support of an African American employee. The district court granted summary judgment to CCP because it accepted the company’s articulated non-discriminatory business reason for his termination without squarely considering whether it was the real reason or a pretextual explanation for intentional discrimination. We reverse and…
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