Legal Opinion

Roger Forrest v. Kraft Foods, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 3, 2002No. 01-2854PublishedCited by 92 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Roger Forrest, Jr. appeals from the district court’s 1 entry of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, Kraft Foods, Inc., in his racial discrimination suit. Because Forrest failed to present evidence showing that Kraft’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for his termination were a pretext for unlawful discrimination, we affirm.

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Forrest, an African-American male, was employed as a meat production worker at Kraft’s Davenport, Iowa, facility for approximately seven years. During this time, Forrest held several positions, including working as a “cooker” for…

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