Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit March 19, 2001, No. 00-2029 (Perkins v. G.E. Capital Auto Financial Services, Inc.)

ORDER

General Electric Capital Auto Financial Services, Inc. (“G.E. Capital”) rejected former employee Laverne Perkins’s application for an open position. Believing she was passed over because she is African-American, Perkins sued G.E. Capital for race discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in G.E.