Court Opinion

ID: 43188
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2010-04-25 21:52:58+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:59.877154
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM.
 

  Theresa Godfrey sued Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc. (“GP Resins”) in the Superior Court of Dooly County, Georgia, for wrongful termination. Her complaint essentially alleged that she was fired in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment. GP Resins removed the case to the federal district court based on the federal nature of Godfrey’s retaliation and sexual harassment claims. Godfrey did not move to remand back to state court.
 

  After discovery, GP Resins moved for summary judgment on Godfrey’s claims, asserting that the record conclusively established that she had been terminated because she tested positive for drugs when GP Resins conducted a plant wide drug test. Godfrey’s response to the motion for summary judgment asserted for the first time that she was
  
   not
  
  stating a claim under Title VII, but for the tort
  
   of
  
  intentional infliction of emotional distress. She argues on appeal that because she was not making a Title VII claim, the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to grant summary judgment. She maintains that
   
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  instead of granting summary judgment, the district court should have denied the motion and
  
   sua sponte
  
  remanded the case to state court. We find no merit in these arguments.
 

  AFFIRMED.