Case: Discrimination/Promotion (N.D. Okla.)

An Oklahoma federal district court held that the City of Tulsa was entitled to summary judgment on a senior engineer’s claims that he was discriminatorily denied promotion to water treatment plant superintendent, and faced retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and state law, where the city contended he lacked managerial experience and communication skills, and he failed to show the reasons for its hiring decision were pretextual.