Legal Opinion
Brown v. Allied Printing Ink Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 6, 1999No. A99A1650PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
James Brown was fired from his job at Allied Printing Ink Company (“Allied”) after he tested positive for cocaine during a random drug screen. Brown, who is black, sued Allied under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1 alleging that the real reason Allied discharged him was because he had complained of race discrimination at work. The trial court granted Allied’s motion for summary judgment, and Brown appeals. We affirm.
To win summary judgment under OCGA § 9-11-56, Allied had to show that there was no genuine issue of material fact and that the undisputed facts, taken in…
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