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Brinda Adams v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

7th CircuitApril 7, 2003No. 02-1768Cited 169 times

Case Details

Judge(s)
Wood, Evans, Williams
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal
Circuit
7th Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

DiscriminationWrongful Termination

Outcome

The district court's grant of summary judgment for Wal-Mart was affirmed. Adams failed to establish a race discrimination claim under Title VII due to lack of evidence of discriminatory intent and failure to identify similarly situated comparators, and her false imprisonment claim also failed.

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