Legal Opinion
Petts v. Rockledge Furniture LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2008No. 07-1989PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Jeanette Petts sued her former employer, Rockledge Furniture LLC, a Division of Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., alleging that it terminated her employment as assistant store manager because of her sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court granted Rockledge’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that Ms. Petts produced insufficient evidence of sex discrimination in the summary judgment process under either the direct or indirect methods of proving discrimination to justify a trial. Ms. Petts appeals,…
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