Elisha Cooley v. Great Southern Wood Preserving

Plaintiffs-Appellants, Elisha Cooley, William Davis, Michael Stephens, Willie Hackett, Jr., and Clifford Edgar, all African-American men, appeal through counsel the district court’s grant of summary judgment, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56©), to their current or former employer, Great Southern Wood Preserving Co. (“Great Southern”), a trucking company, on their claims of disparate treatment based on race, filed pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981; and their Title VII claims of retaliation, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §…