Filed: Jul. 02, 1999
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Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 98-4043 _ Cynthia A. O’Connell, * * Plaintiff - Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * District of Minnesota. * Overson Inc., doing business * [UNPUBLISHED] as Kasson Lumber Co., * * Defendant - Appellee. * _ Submitted: June 18, 1999 Filed: July 2, 1999 _ Before MURPHY and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and REASONER,1 District Judge. _ PER CURIAM. Cynthia A. O’Connell was an employee of Overson Inc., a small l
Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 98-4043 _ Cynthia A. O’Connell, * * Plaintiff - Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * District of Minnesota. * Overson Inc., doing business * [UNPUBLISHED] as Kasson Lumber Co., * * Defendant - Appellee. * _ Submitted: June 18, 1999 Filed: July 2, 1999 _ Before MURPHY and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and REASONER,1 District Judge. _ PER CURIAM. Cynthia A. O’Connell was an employee of Overson Inc., a small lu..
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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 98-4043
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Cynthia A. O’Connell, *
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Plaintiff - Appellant, * Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the
v. * District of Minnesota.
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Overson Inc., doing business * [UNPUBLISHED]
as Kasson Lumber Co., *
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Defendant - Appellee. *
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Submitted: June 18, 1999
Filed: July 2, 1999
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Before MURPHY and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and REASONER,1 District Judge.
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PER CURIAM.
Cynthia A. O’Connell was an employee of Overson Inc., a small lumber
company with sixteen employees, for nine years. She was terminated for what Overson
said was part of a restructuring for financial reasons, but she believed the discharge was
because of her disability. O’Connell sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) of 1990 § 107(a), 42 U.S.C. § 12117(a), the Civil Rights Act of 1991 § 102,
42 U.S.C. § 1981(a), and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn. Stat. § 363.03. The
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The Honorable Stephen M. Reasoner, United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas, sitting by designation.
district court2 granted Overson’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that
O’Connell had not produced sufficient evidence to show discriminatory intent or
pretext. O’Connell appealed from the judgment. After a careful review of the record,
we agree that Overson was entitled to summary judgment and therefore affirm. See 8th
Cir. R. 47B.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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The Honorable James M. Rosenbaum, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota.
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