Legal Opinion
Travis Williams v. Waste Management of Illinois, Incorporated D/B/A Waste Management of Springfield
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 24, 2004No. 03-1256PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Travis Williams sued his former employer, Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. d/b/a Waste Management of Springfield, for race-based harassment, discrimination, and retaliation 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 Waste Management’s summary-judgment motion, and we affirm.
I. Background
Waste Management hired Williams, an African American, as a laborer on June 12, 2000. Williams worked at Waste Management’s Springfield, Illinois location, which housed two facilities — a machine…
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