Legal Opinion
Lee v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 2009No. 08-30444PublishedCited by 514 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Marcus Lee, who is African-American, was an engineer for Defendant-Appellee Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (“KCS”) from 1993 until his employment was terminated in 2004 after he failed to observe and obey a stop signal, thereby failing to stop the train he was operating in a Shreveport, Louisiana rail-yard. Lee sued KCS, alleging (1) race-based employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and (2) retaliatory discharge for (a) his prior filing of complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity…
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