Legal Opinion
Melody J. Culver v. Gorman & Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 2005No. 04-3442PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
If, as Martin Luther King, Jr., once stated, discrimination is a “hellhound,” then a retaliation lawsuit is a plaintiffs opportunity to bite back. 1 Melody Culver was terminated by her employer, Gorman & Company, on January 10, 2002, three days after she spoke of filing a discrimination charge or seeing a lawyer. She then brought suit, claiming retaliation in violation of Title VII and the Equal Pay Act. Gorman filed a motion for summary judgment, and the district court granted it, stating that the suspicious timing of Cul-ver’s termination by itself did not create a…
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