Case: Discrimination/Discharge (S.D. Tex.)

A Texas federal district court granted summary judgment to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on race discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 brought by a Black male events manager who alleged he was terminated due to his race and in retaliation for reporting discrimination, finding that he failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination and failed to show that the Society’s legitimate reason for termination—poor performance and policy violations—was pretextual.

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