Legal Opinion
Rainey v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 26, 2013No. 13-1849PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Eddie Rainey applied for temporary work as a truck driver for United Parcel Sendee in five different years from 1997 through 2011. He was hired in three of those years yet still sued UPS claiming that he was turned down the other times because he is black. The district court granted summary judgment for UPS, and Rainey appeals. We affirm the judgment.
*607Except as noted, the facts are undisputed. UPS first hired Rainey in 1997 as a temporary driver based at the company’s facility in Hodgkins, Illinois. He left that job after a month and then worked as a driver for other employers before…
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