Cornelius Brown v. Union Pacific Railroad
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Gruender, Bowman, Shepherd
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unpublished
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- Circuit
- Eighth Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Union Pacific Railroad, upholding the district court's determination that the railroad presented a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for terminating Brown (failure of drug tests) and that Brown failed to present evidence of pretext for racial discrimination.
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