Legal Opinion
Willie Gordon v. Shafer Contracting Co., Inc., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus on Behalf Of
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2006No. 06-1963PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Willie Gordon appeals the district court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Willie Gordon is a fifty-two year old African American male. Gordon worked for Shafer Contracting Co. (“Shafer”), a construction company, during the construction season from June 1994 to June 2003. Shafer’s employees are unionized and governed by collective bargaining agreements (“CBA”).
After Gordon failed to attend a 2003 kick-off meeting for prospective employees and transferred his union membership to Kentucky, Shafer did not hire Gordon as a laborer for the 2003 season.…
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