Legal Opinion
James B. Twisdale v. John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 10, 2003No. 02-1736PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
James Twisdale, an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, brought suit against his employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, charging that black supervisors harassed him because he is white and retaliated against him for his opposing a black employee. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant.
The pertinent facts, stripped to bedrock and viewed as favorably to Twisdale as the record will permit (which is not very favorably), are as follows. In 1997 Twisdale was chief of the IRS’s Quality Measurement Branch in Indianapolis; his pay…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Clark County School District v. BreedenSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Andrews v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Krumme v. WestPoint Stevens Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
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