Rebecca Shipley v. State Industries, Inc.

*The Honorable Solomon Oliver, Jr., United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, sitting by
designation.
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
File Name: 04a0030n.06
Filed: October 15, 2004
No. 03-5831
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
REBECCA SHIPLEY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
STATE INDUSTRIES, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE MIDDLE
DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
M E M O R A N D U M
O P I N I O N
BEFORE: NORRIS and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges; and OLIVER, District Judge.*
PER CURIAM. Plaintiff, Rebecca Shipley, appeals from the district court’s grant of
summary judgment to defendant, State Industries, Inc., in her action alleging violation of the
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k) and related Tennessee statutes. The
district court concluded that plaintiff had failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination; and
that even had plaintiff done so, she failed to rebut defendant’s articulation of a legitimate non-
discriminatory reason for its conduct.
Having had the benefit of oral argument and having carefully considered the record on
appeal, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we are not persuaded that the district court
erred in granting summary judgment to defendant.

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No. 03-5831
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Because the reasoning which supports the district court’s conclusion that plaintiff failed to
rebut defendant’s articulation of a legitimate non-discriminatory reason for its conduct has been set
out by the district court, the issuance of a detailed written opinion by this court would be duplicative
and serve no useful purpose. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed upon the
reasoning employed by that court in that portion of its memorandum opinion discussing plaintiff’s
failure to rebut defendant’s articulation of a legitimate non-discriminatory reason for its conduct.

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