Legal Opinion
Marcus A. Noble v. Brinker International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 3, 2004No. 02-4190PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
In this civil rights case, the plaintiff, Marcus A. Noble, alleges that the defendant, Brinker International, Inc., acting by and through its agent, Anthony Ficorilli, terminated Noble’s employment because of his race. After a jury found in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, for a new trial. This motion was denied, and the defendant now appeals from the district court’s denial of its motion.
The legal issue presented- — whether the district court erred in denying the defendants’ request for…
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