Legal Opinion
Love v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided July 27, 2022No. 3:21-cv-00185Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION KENNETH LOVE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:21-cv-00185 ) CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSX”) terminated Locomotive Engineer Kenneth Love after he fell asleep at work and violated workplace safety rules. Love sued CSX under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, alleging that his termination was because of his race. Because the record shows that CSX treated similarly situated white employees…
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