Case Name: Lizzie A. MEREDITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BALDWIN PIANO, INC., originally sued as Baldwin Piano Company, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-02-10
Citations: 407 F. App'x 988
Docket Number: Nos. 09-3926, 10-1309
Parties: Lizzie A. MEREDITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BALDWIN PIANO, INC., originally sued as Baldwin Piano Company, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 407
Pages: 988–988

Head Matter:
Lizzie A. MEREDITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BALDWIN PIANO, INC., originally sued as Baldwin Piano Company, Defendant-Appellee.
Nos. 09-3926, 10-1309.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 14, 2010.
Filed: Feb. 10, 2011.
Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
[UNPUBLISHED]
PER CURIAM.
Lizzie A. Meredith, an African-American, was employed in the Trumann, Arkansas manufacturing plant of Baldwin Piano, Inc., for about 16 years with a satisfactory work record. She was discharged as part of a reduction-in-force, along with 13 other employees — 12 of whom were white. Baldwin closed the plant 19 months later.
Meredith sued Baldwin, alleging the termination was based on race, in violation of the Arkansas Civil Rights Act, Ark.Code Ann. § 16-123-101; 42 U.S.C. § 1981; and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et. seq. Baldwin moved for summary judgment. Meredith claimed that Baldwin's reduction-in-force explanation for her termination is pretextual, because she was experienced at the plant (though not in her department), and her seniority was wrongly calculated.
In well-reasoned orders, the district court granted summary judgment to Baldwin and awarded it costs. See Meredith v. Baldwin Piano, Inc., 3:08CV00046-SWW, 2009 WL 4251020 (E.D.Ark. Nov.23, 2009) (granting summary judgment); 2010 WL 386415 (E.D.Ark. Jan.26, 2010) (awarding costs).
As no error of law appears in these orders, this court affirms. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge, Eastern District of Arkansas.