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- Title: Mems v. City of St. Paul
- Author : Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 30, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Submitted: December 13, 2002 African-American firefighters Robert Mems, Nathanial Khaliq, Phillip Webb, Thurman Smith, and Byron Brown (collectively ""Appellants"") sued their employer, the City of St. Paul, Department of Fire and Safety Services (""City"" or ""SPFD""), under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (""MHRA""), Minn. Stat. § 363.03 (2000), and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (""Title VII""), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e - 2000e-17 (2000), alleging that they had been subjected to illegal race harassment and had experienced a hostile work environment. Appellants Mems, Khaliq, Smith, and Brown appeal from the final judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of the City. Appellant Webb appeals from the final judgment entered on the jury verdict awarding him $1 in damages. Appellants also appeal the district court's 1 subsequent denial of their new trial motion. For the following reasons, we affirm.