Legal Opinion
Robert B. Reich, U.S. Secretary of Labor v. Hoy Shoe Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1994No. 92-3430PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELMO B. HUNTER, Senior District Judge.
This case was filed by the Secretary of Labor complaining that Hoy Shoe Company, Inc. (Hoy Shoe), discharged Anita Godsey in retaliation for activities protected under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 651 et seq (OSH Act). The district court granted Hoy Shoe’s summary judgment motion on the basis that the Secretary failed to set forth facts demonstrating that Hoy Shoe had actual knowledge that Anita Godsey engaged in statutorily protected activity. As such, the district court concluded that the Secretary failed to make the requisite…
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