Legal Opinion
Gacek v. Owens & Minor Distribution, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 27, 2012No. 18-2818PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Richard Gacek appeals the decision of the district court 1 granting summary judgment to defendants Owens & Minor Distribution, Inc. (“Owens & Minor”) and Marc Johnson on Gacek’s 42 U.S.C. § 1981 retaliation claim and to defendant Gregory Mattson on Gacek’s state-law defamation claim. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Gacek, a white male, was employed by Owens & Minor as a materials handler (i.e., a forklift operator) at its warehouse in Mounds View, Minnesota. In September 2008, a recently terminated Owens & Minor materials handler, Mesfin…
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