Legal Opinion
Richard HARVEY, Appellant, v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1994No. 93-3079PublishedCited by 260 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Richard Harvey, an African-American, appeals the grant of summary judgment dismissing his claims that Anheuser-Busch, Inc., engaged in racial discrimination when it terminated Harvey as a supervisor of security guards for using poor judgment in a life-threatening situation. We agree with the district court 1 that Harvey did not present sufficient evidence to support his assertion that similarly situated white employees had previously been less severely disciplined. Therefore, we affirm.
I
The material facts leading up to Harvey’s discharge are not disputed. In February…
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