John T. Russell v. Acme-Evans Company, Adm Milling Company, and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

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• holding that plaintiff’s own opinion that his performance was adequate did not create a genuine factual dispute over whether the defendant-employer’s performance criticisms were pretextual
• holding that plaintiff’s own opinion that his performance was adequate did not create a genuine factual dispute over whether the defendant-employer’s performance criticisms were pretextual
• holding that the fact that one reason is successfully called into question by the plaintiff does not defeat summary judgment for the employer if at least one reason for the employer's actions stands unquestioned
• holding that the plaintiff’s own opinion that his performance was adequate did not create a genuine factual dispute over whether the defendant-employer’s performance criticisms were pretextual
• holding that “where deposition and affidavit are in conflict, the affidavit is to be disregarded unless it is demonstrable that the statement in the deposition was mistaken.”
• holding that threat to shove a shotgun up the plaintiff's \black ass\ made fifteen years prior to termination decision was \too tenuously related to the alleged discriminatory action by supervisors many years later\ to create an inference of discrimination

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