Legal Opinion
Melvin Morriss, III v. BNSF Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 5, 2016No. 14-3858PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Melvin Morriss appeals from the district court’s 1 order granting BNSF Railway Company’s (BNSF) motion for summary judgment and denying his motion for partial summary judgment on his claims that BNSF refused to hire him on account of his obesity and thereby discriminated against him in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), Pub.L. No. 110-325, 122 Stat. 3553, and the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act (NFEPA), Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 48-1101 to-1126. 2 We affirm.
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