Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 2011No. 10-2242UnpublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Tanisha Matthews, an Apostolic Christian, sued her former employer Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for race and religious discrimination under Title VII. Matthews voluntarily dismissed her race-discrimination claim, which she abandons on appeal, and the district court granted summary judgment to Wal-Mart on her religious-discrimination claim. Because Matthews has not provided evidence of religious discrimination, we affirm.
Beginning in 1996 Matthews worked as an overnight stocker at Wal-Mart’s store in Joliet, Illinois. In September 2005, during a break in the overnight shift, Matthews took part…
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