Legal Opinion
Lanita Cherry v. Ritenour School District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 17, 2004No. 03-1643PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Lanita Cherry appeals from the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgnent in favor of Ritenour School District on Cherry’s claims of race discrimination and retaliation under Title VII. The district court held that Cherry failed to establish a pri-ma facie case of discrimination and, furthermore, that Cherry did not prove that the proffered reason for her contract non-renewal was a pretext for intentional race discrimination. We affirm the decision of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
We recite the facts in the light most favorable to Cherry and draw all justifiable…
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