Legal Opinion
Indiana Civil Rights Commission v. Marion County Sheriff's Department
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1994No. 55A01-9406-CV-189PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Judge.
In this appeal, we examine the means by which an employee must prove his claim that he received disparate disciplinary treatment from his employer on account of his race. Appellant-respondent Lonnie Knowles 1 alleges that the trial court erred in reversing the determination of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission: (ICRC) that the Marion County Sheriff's Department's (MCSD) decision to terminate Knowles' employment constituted racial discrimination.
FACTS
Knowles worked as a Corrections Officer for the MCSD. On January 10, 1989, Knowles and Jill Gorton, an Indianapolis Police…
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