Laurie C. Kuta v. General Motors Corporation

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File Name: 08a0042n.06
Filed: January 14, 2008
06-2527
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
LAURIE C. KUTA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellee.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
Before: DAUGHTREY, GILMAN, and COOK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM. Plaintiff Laurie Kuta brought this action for employment
discrimination and retaliation against defendant General Motors Corporation, alleging
violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e), and of Michigan’s
Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, MCL § 37.2101. The district court granted summary
judgment to General Motors after determining that Kuta had failed to establish a prima
facie case of gender discrimination or to show that the company’s legitimate non-
discriminatory reason for terminating her employment was pretextual and, further, that she
had failed to satisfy the causation prong of the prima facie case necessary to sustain a
retaliation claim under either federal or state law.

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Kuta v. General Motors Corporation
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Having had the benefit of oral argument, and having studied the record on appeal
and the briefs of the parties, we are not persuaded that the district court erred in dismissing
the complaint. Because the reasons why judgment should be entered for the defendant
have been fully articulated by the district court, the issuance of a detailed opinion by this
court would be duplicative and would serve no useful purpose. Accordingly, we AFFIRM
the judgment of the district court upon the reasoning set out by that court in its opinion
granting summary judgment to the defendant, dated October 16, 2006.

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