Tony Brummett v. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Tony Brummett, an African-American male, filed this action against his former employer, Sinclair Acquisition IV, Inc. (“Sinclair”), 1 for alleged race discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court granted Sinclair’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Sinclair owns and operates two television broadcast stations, known by the call letters WICS and WICD, located in central Illinois. In the fall…
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