Legal Opinion

Hawkins v. PepsiCo, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 15, 2000No. 98-2193PublishedCited by 409 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge KING joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Appellant Lisa Hawkins filed an employment discrimination suit against appellee PepsiCo, Inc. Hawkins alleged, inter alia, that her supervisor created a racially hostile environment and terminated Hawkins because of racial animus. Hawkins, however, has shown nothing more than a routine difference of opinion and personality conflict with her supervisor. Because we refuse to transmute such ordinary workplace disagreements between individuals of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. St. Mary's Honor Center v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Patterson v. McLean Credit UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Christine Evans v. Technologies Applications & Service CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by409 opinions

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