Legal Opinion
Marcus Morgan v. SVT, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 2013No. 12-3589PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Marcus Morgan, who is African-American, claims that he was fired from his security job at a grocery store operated by defendants SVT, LLC and Strack & Van Til Super Market, Inc. (collectively, SVT) because he dared to report the misconduct of one of the store’s white managers. He sued, alleging that he lost his job on account of his race, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The district court granted summary judgment to SVT on both claims. We affirm.
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SVT hired Morgan to work as a “loss prevention…
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